7 The Lord says,“I have abandoned Israel;I have rejected my chosen nation.I have given the people I loveinto the power of their enemies.
8 My chosen people have turned against me;like a lion in the forestthey have roared at me,and so I hate them.
9 My chosen people are like a birdattacked from all sides by hawks.Call the wild animalsto come and join in the feast!
10 Many foreign rulers have destroyed my vineyard;they have trampled down my fields;they have turned my lovely land into a desert.
11 They have made it a wasteland;it lies desolate before me.The whole land has become a desert,and no one cares.
12 Across all the desert highlandspeople have come to plunder.I have sent war to destroy the entire land;no one can live in peace.
13 My people planted wheat, but gathered weeds;they have worked hard, but got nothing for it.Because of my fierce angertheir crops have failed.”