⁷ “I will forsake^(A) my house,
    abandon^(B) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love^(C)
    into the hands of her enemies.^(D)
8 My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion^(E) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.^(F)
9 Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.^(G)

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(A)
    that lions^(B) have chased away.
The first to devour^(C) them
    was the king^(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(F) king^(G) of Babylon.”