Jeremiah 12:7-11
7
“I will forsake my house,
abandon my inheritance;
I will give the one I love
into the hands of her enemies.
8
My inheritance has become to me
like a lion in the forest.
She roars at me;
therefore I hate her.
9
Has not my inheritance become to me
like a speckled bird of prey
that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.
10
Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard
and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
into a desolate wasteland.
11
It will be made a wasteland,
parched and desolate before me;
the whole land will be laid waste
because there is no one who cares.