7. I have abandoned my house,cast off my heritage;The beloved of my soul I have deliveredinto the hand of her foes.
8. My heritage has become for melike a lion in the thicket;She has raised her voice against me,therefore she has incurred my hatred.
9. My heritage is a prey for hyenas,is surrounded by vultures;Come, gather together, all you wild animals,come and eat!
10. Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard,have trampled down my heritage;My delightful portion they have turnedinto a desert waste.
11. They have made it a mournful waste,desolate before me,Desolate, the whole land,because no one takes it to heart.
12. Upon every height in the wildernessmarauders have appeared.The Lord has a sword that consumesthe land from end to end:no peace for any living thing.
13. They have sown wheat and reaped thorns,they have tired themselves out for no purpose;They are shamed by their harvest,the burning anger of the Lord.
14. Thus says the Lord, against all my evil neighbors who plunder the heritage I gave my people Israel as their own: See, I will uproot them from their land; the house of Judah I will uproot in their midst.
15. But after uprooting them, I will have compassion on them again and bring them back, each to their heritage, each to their land.