Jeremiah 12:9-11

New Century Version

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