Jeremiah 12:9-11

International Children’s Bible

⁹ My people have become to me
    like a speckled bird attacked by hawks.
Go, gather the wild animals!
    Bring them to get something to eat.
¹⁰ Many shepherds will ruin my vineyards.
    They will walk on the plants in my field.
They will turn my beautiful field
    into an empty desert.
¹¹ They will turn my field into a desert.
    It will be wilted and dead.
The whole country is an empty desert.
    This is because no one who lives there cares.