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