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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 of the field; bring them to devour.

10 Many shepherds [of an invading host] have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it a desolation, and desolate it mourns before Me; the whole land has been made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.

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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.(A)
10 Many shepherds(B) will ruin my vineyard
    and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
    into a desolate wasteland.(C)
11 It will be made a wasteland,(D)
    parched and desolate before me;(E)
the whole land will be laid waste
    because there is no one who cares.

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