Jeremiah 12:7-9

Good News Translation

“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!