7 I’ve abandoned my country.

I’ve walked away from my inheritance.

I’ve given my dearly loved one into the hand of its enemies.

8 My inheritance become like a lion in a forest for me.

That country always speaks against me so I hate it.

9 My inheritance is like a speckled bird of prey to me,

with other birds of prey all around it.

Go and get all the wild animals from the countryside to come and eat.

10 Many shepherds (foreign rulers) have ruined my vineyard—

they’ve trampled my area.

They’ve made my desirable region into a desolate wasteland.

11 They’ve made it into a wasteland—it’s mourning to me.

All the land has been made desolate because there’s no one who cares about it.

12 Destroyers have come to all the bare hilltops in the wilderness,

because a sword is devouring for Yahweh, from each end of the land.

There’s no peace for any living thing.

13 People have sown wheat and harvested thorns.

They’ve wearied themselves but not profited,

and they were ashamed by your low production

resulting from Yahweh’s fierce anger.