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My own people have become like
    a dying animal surrounded by vultures.
These birds are circling around her.
    Come on, wild animals.
    Come get something to eat.
10 Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard.
    They have trampled the plants in my field.
    They have made my beautiful field a desert.
11 They have turned it into an empty desert.
    It is dry and dead.
The whole land has been ruined,
    and no one is left to care for it.

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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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