7 “I have abandoned my people, my special possession.I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.
8 My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,so I have treated them with contempt.
9 My chosen people act like speckled vultures,but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!
10 “Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard,trampling down the vinesand turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.
11 They have made it an empty wasteland;I hear its mournful cry.The whole land is desolate,and no one even cares.
12 On all the bare hilltops,destroying armies can be seen.The sword of the lord devours peoplefrom one end of the nation to the other.No one will escape!
13 My people have planted wheatbut are harvesting thorns.They have worn themselves out,but it has done them no good.They will harvest a crop of shamebecause of the fierce anger of the lord.”