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The lair of the hyena is my inheritance to me,
    the birds of prey[a] are all around her.
Go, gather all of the animals[b] of the field,
    bring them to come and devour.[c]
10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard,
    they have trampled down my plot of land.
They have made my pleasant field[d]
    like the desert[e] of desolation.
11 They have made it a desolation.
    Desolate, it mourns to me.
All the land is made desolate,
    but there is no person taking it to heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:9 Hebrew “bird of prey”
  2. Jeremiah 12:9 Hebrew “animal”
  3. Jeremiah 12:9 Literally “to food”
  4. Jeremiah 12:10 Literally “the plot of land of my desire”
  5. Jeremiah 12:10 Or “wilderness”

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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