Jeremiah 12:7-17

7“I have 1forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have handed the 2beloved of My soul Over to her enemies.8My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has 34roared against Me; Therefore I have come to 5hate her.9Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the 6birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the 7animals of the field, Bring them to devour!10Many 8shepherds have ruined My 9vineyard, They have 10trampled down My field; They have made My 11pleasant field A desolate wilderness.1112It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it 13mourns 14before Me; The 15whole land has been made desolate, Because no one 16takes it to heart.12On all the 1718bare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For the 19sword of the Lord is devouring From one end of the land even to the 20other; There is 21no peace for 22anyone.13They have 23sown wheat but have harvested thorns, They have 24strained themselves 25to no profit. So be ashamed of your 26produce Because of the 27fierce anger of the Lord.”

14This is what the Lord says concerning all My 28wicked neighbors who 29do harm to the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel: “Behold, I am going to drive them out of their land, and I will 30drive the house of Judah out from among them. 15And it will come about that after I have driven them out, I will 31again have compassion on them; and I will 32bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. 16Then, if they will really 33learn the ways of My people, to 34swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ just as they taught My people to 35swear by Baal, they will be 36built up in the midst of My people. 17But if they do not listen, then I will 37drive out that nation, drive it out and destroy it,” declares the Lord.