Jeremiah 12:7-13

7“I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.

8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She roars at me; therefore I hate her.

9Has 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.

10Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

11It will be made a wasteland, parched and desolate before me; the whole land will be laid waste because there is no one who cares.

12Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the LORD will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.

13They will sow wheat but reap thorns; they will wear themselves out but gain nothing. They will bear the shame of their harvest because of the LORD ’s fierce anger.”