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Jeremiah 12:9

Jeremiah chapter 12 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Is 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Is 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.

Context

v.8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

v.9This passage

v.10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 16:36

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness uncovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers; and because of all the idols of thy abominations, and for the blood of thy children, that thou didst give unto them;

  • Jeremiah 7:33

    And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

  • Isaiah 56:9

    All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

  • Revelation 17:16

    And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.

  • Ezekiel 39:17

    And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.