Jeremiah 12:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Is my heritage to me like a speckled bird of prey?
    Are the birds of prey against her round about?
Go, assemble all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.
¹⁰ Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard,
    they have trampled down my portion,
they have made my pleasant portion
    a desolate wilderness.
¹¹ They have made it a desolation;
    desolate, it mourns to me.
The whole land is made desolate,
    but no man lays it to heart.