Jeremiah 12:9
What does Jeremiah 12:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 12:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Is 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 · 1611Mine 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 · 1901Is 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My heritage is like a brightly coloured bird to me; the cruel birds are attacking her on every side: go, get together all the beasts of the field, make them come for destruction.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A speckled fowl <FI>is<Fi> Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? is it as a bird dyed throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all ye beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My heritage is unto me [as] a speckled bird of prey; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
Context
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.
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