7. I loved my people and chose themas my very own.But now I will reject themand hand them overto their enemies.
8. My people have turned against meand roar at me like lions.That's why I hate them.
9. My people are like a hawksurrounded and attackedby other hawks.Tell the wild animalsto come and eat their fill.
10. My beautiful land is ruinedlike a field or a vineyardtrampled by shepherdsand stripped bareby their flocks.
11. Every field I see lies barren,and no one cares.
12. A destroying armymarches along desert roadsand attacks everywhere.They are my deadly sword;no one is safe from them.
13. My people, you planted wheat,but because I was furious,I let only weeds grow.You wore yourselves outfor nothing!
14. The Lord said:I gave this land to my people Israel, but enemies around it have attacked and robbed it. So I will uproot them from their own countries just as I will uproot Judah from its land.
15. But later, I will have pity on these nations and bring them back to their own lands.