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My people have become to me
    like a speckled bird attacked on all sides by hawks.
Go, gather the wild animals.
    Bring them to get something to eat.
10 Many shepherds have ruined my vineyards
    and trampled the plants in my field.
They have turned my beautiful field
    into an empty desert.
11 They have turned my field into a desert
    that is wilted and dead.
The whole country is an empty desert,
    because no one who lives there cares.

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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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