Jeremiah 12:7–13

⁷“I will turn my back on my people.

I will desert my land.

I love the people of Judah.

In spite of that, I will hand them over to their enemies.

⁸My land has become to me

like a lion in the forest.

It roars at me.

So I hate it.

⁹My own land has become like a spotted hawk.

And other hawks surround it and attack it.

Come, all of you wild animals!

Gather together!

Come together to eat up my land.

¹⁰Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard.

They will walk all over it.

They will turn my pleasant vineyard

into a dry and empty land.

¹¹My vineyard will become a desert.

It will be dry and empty in my sight.

The whole land will be completely destroyed.

And no one even cares.

¹²Many will come to destroy it.

They will gather on the bare hilltops in the desert.

I will use them as my sword to destroy my people.

They will kill them from one end of the land to the other.

No one will be safe.

¹³People will plant wheat. But all they will gather is thorns.

They will wear themselves out. But they will not have anything to show for it.

My anger is burning against you.

So you will be ashamed of the crop you gather.”