| The LORD's sorrow because of his people. Jr.12.7-13 | RSV Contents | notes| 12 | Revised Standard Version | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 7 | "I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies. | The LORD's sorrow because of his people. Jr.12.7-13 | עָזַבְתִּי אֶת־בֵּיתִי נָטַשְׁתִּי אֶת־נַחֲלָתִי נָתַתִּי אֶת־יְדִדוּת נַפְשִׁי בְּכַף אֹיְבֶיהָ׃ |
| 8 | My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest, she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. | הָיְתָה־לִּי נַחֲלָתִי כְּאַרְיֵה בַיָּעַר נָתְנָה עָלַי בְּקֹולָהּ עַל־כֵּן שְׂנֵאתִיהָ׃ | |
| 9 | Is my heritage to me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour. | הַעַיִט צָבוּעַ נַחֲלָתִי לִי הַעַיִט סָבִיב עָלֶיהָ לְכוּ אִסְפוּ כָּל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הֵתָיוּ לְאָכְלָה׃ | |
| 10 | Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trampled down my portion, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. | רֹעִים רַבִּים שִׁחֲתוּ כַרְמִי בֹּסְסוּ אֶת־חֶלְקָתִי נָתְנוּ אֶת־חֶלְקַת חֶמְדָּתִי לְמִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה׃ | |
| 11 | They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. | שָׂמָהּ לִשְׁמָמָה אָבְלָה עָלַי שְׁמֵמָה נָשַׁמָּה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֵין אִישׁ שָׂם עַל־לֵב׃ | |
| 12 | Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace. | עַל־כָּל־שְׁפָיִם בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּאוּ שֹׁדְדִים כִּי חֶרֶב לַיהוָה אֹכְלָה מִקְצֵה־אֶרֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ אֵין שָׁלֹום לְכָל־בָּשָׂר׃ ס | |
| 13 | They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD." | זָרְעוּ חִטִּים וְקֹצִים קָצָרוּ נֶחְלוּ לֹא יֹועִלוּ וּבֹשׁוּ מִתְּבוּאֹתֵיכֶם מֵחֲרֹון אַף־יְהוָה׃ ס | |