5. "If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?
6. For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: 'You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.' "
7. "I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.
8. My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it.
9. Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!
10. Many pastors have demolished my vineyard. They have trampled my portion. They have made my desirable portion into a desert of solitude.
11. They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart."
12. The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.