Jeremiah 12:4-8 How long mourns the land? And the herbs of every field wither for their evil who settle therein? The animals are scraped away, and the flyers; because, they say, He sees not our final end.

ECB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ How long mourns the land? And the herbs of every field wither for their evil who settle therein? The animals are scraped away, and the flyers; because, they say, He sees not our final end. ⁵ If you run with them on foot, and they weary you, and how inflame you yourself with horses? And if in the land of shalom, wherein you confide, then how work you in the pomp of Yarden? ⁶ For even your brothers, and the house of your father - even they dealt covertly with you; yes, they called a multitude after you: trust them not, though they word good words to you. ⁷ I forsook my house; I abandoned my inheritance; I gave the beloved of my soul into the palm of her enemies: ⁸ To me, my inheritance is as a lion in the forest; she gives her voice against me: so I hate her.