Jeremiah 12:7-13 - The Lord's Sorrow Because Of His People

⁷ Jehovah says: I have abandoned Israel. I have rejected my chosen nation. I have given the people I love into the power of their enemies. ⁸ My chosen people have turned against me. Like a lion in the forest they have roared at me, and so I hate them. ⁹ My chosen people are like a bird attacked from all sides by hawks. Call the wild animals to come and join in the feast! ¹⁰ Many foreign rulers have destroyed my vineyard. They trampled down my fields and turned my beautiful land into a desert. ¹¹ They made it a wasteland. It lies desolate before me. The whole land has become a desert, and no one cares. ¹² Across the entire desert highlands people have come to plunder. Jehovah has sent war to destroy the entire land. No one can live in peace. ¹³ My people planted wheat. They gathered weeds! They worked hard and got nothing for it. Because of my fierce anger their crops have failed.