# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking about the people of Judah. In verse 12, Jeremiah makes a comment.

# I will sing a song of mourning ... a dirge will be sung for the meadows

Yahweh is mourning for the land of Israel as if it were a person who died.

# a dirge will be sung

"I will sing a dirge"

# the meadows

"the fields of grass that the livestock eats"

# For they have been made desolate

"Because someone has destroyed the meadows and pastures"

# the lowing of the cattle is not heard

"Nobody will hear the sound of cattle there"