Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the (A)birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the (B)animals of the field,
Bring them to devour!
10 Many (C)shepherds have ruined My (D)vineyard,
They have (E)trampled down My field;
They have made My (F)pleasant field
A desolate wilderness.
11 [a]It has been made a desolation;
Desolate, it (G)mourns [b]before Me;
The (H)whole land has been made desolate,
Because no one (I)takes it to heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:11 Lit One has made it
  2. Jeremiah 12:11 Or upon

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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