“I have forsaken my house.I have cast off my heritage.I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.”
Jeremiah 12:7 (WEB)
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5“If you have run with the footmen,and they have wearied you,then how can you contend with horses?Though in a land of peace you are secure,yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan? 6For even your brothers, and the house of your father,even they have dealt treacherously with you!Even they have cried aloud after you!Don’t believe them,though they speak beautiful words to you. 7“I have forsaken my house.I have cast off my heritage.I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest.She has uttered her voice against me.Therefore I have hated her. 9Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey?Are the birds of prey against her all around?Go, assemble all the animals of the field.Bring them to devour.