Jeremiah 12:8 “My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roa…”

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

World English Bible

My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine heritage is vnto mee, as a lion in the forest: it crieth out against mee, therefore haue I hated it.

Darby Translation

My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.

Young's Literal Translation

Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.

Bible in Basic English

My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.

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Cross references

“crieth out”

Jeremiah 2:15 Jeremiah 51:38

Jeremiah 2:15 · BSB

The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:38 · BSB

They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

“therefore”

Amos 6:8 Hosea 9:15 Zechariah 11:8

Amos 6:8 · BSB

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Hosea 9:15 · BSB

All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

9Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

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