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Because of your desolation
The abstract noun "desolation" can be stated as "desolate." Alternate translation: "Because you, mountains of Israel, have become desolate" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)
because of the attacks that came on you from all sides
"because you were attacked from every direction" or "because your enemies attacked you from every direction"
you have been the subject of slanderous lips and tongues, and of people's stories
Here, "lips" and "tongues" represent people speaking. Alternate translation: "people are saying bad things about you, and the nations are telling bad stories about you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)