Jeremiah 12:8
Jeremiah chapter 12 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Context
v.7I 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.
v.8This passage
v.9Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 51:38
They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions’ whelps.
- Amos 6:8
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
- Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
- Zechariah 11:8
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.