Jeremiah 12:9 “Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other bi…”

Jeremiah 12:9

Is 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the animals of the field. Bring them to devour.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall mine heritage bee vnto mee, as a bird of diuers colours? are not the birdes about her, saying, Come, assemble all ye beastes of the fielde, come to eate her?

Darby Translation

My 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.

Young's Literal Translation

A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.

Bible in Basic English

My 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.

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Cross references

“the birds”

2 Kings 24:2 Ezekiel 23:22–25 Jeremiah 2:15 Revelation 17:16 Ezekiel 16:36 Ezekiel 16:37

2 Kings 24:2 · BSB

And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

Ezekiel 23:22–25 · BSB

Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

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.

Revelation 17:16 · BSB

And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Ezekiel 16:36 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you g…

Ezekiel 16:37 · BSB

therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you co…

“come ye”

Isaiah 56:9 Jeremiah 7:33 Ezekiel 39:17–20 Revelation 19:17 Revelation 19:18

Isaiah 56:9 · BSB

Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

Jeremiah 7:33 · BSB

The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

Ezekiel 39:17–20 · BSB

And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you…

Revelation 19:17 · BSB

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

Revelation 19:18 · BSB

so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

Also

Jeremiah 15:3

Jeremiah 15:3 · BSB

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

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

In context

8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

10Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

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