5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,how will you compete with horses?And if in a safe land you are so trusting,what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
6 For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you;they are in full cry after you; do not believe them,though they speak friendly words to you.”
7 “I have forsaken my house;I have abandoned my heritage;I have given the beloved of my soulinto the hands of her enemies.
8 My heritage has become to melike a lion in the forest;she has lifted up her voice against me;therefore I hate her.
9 Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair?Are the birds of prey against her all around?Go, assemble all the wild beasts;bring them to devour.
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion;they have made my pleasant portiona desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it a desolation;desolate, it mourns to me.The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.