Jeremiah 12:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ Indeed, if you run with others on foot,
    and they tire you out,
        how can you compete with horses?
You are secure^[a] in a land at peace,
    but how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
⁶ Indeed, even your brothers and your father’s family
    conspire against you.
Even they cry out after you loudly.
    Don’t believe them, even though they speak friendly words to you.
⁷ I’ll forsake my house,
    I’ll abandon my inheritance.
I’ll give the beloved of my heart
    into the hand of her enemies.