Jeremiah 12:8
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Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
In other translations
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
Hebrew words
הָיְתָה־hayetah-it has becomeH1961לִּיlito <the> meנַחֲלָתִיnachalatiinheritance myH5159כְּאַרְיֵהke'aryehlike a lionH738בַיָּעַרvaiya'arin the forestH3293נָתְנָהnatenahit has givenH5414עָלַי'alaion meH5921בְּקוֹלָהּbekolahwith voice itsH6963עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651שְׂנֵאתִיהָ׃senetihaI hate itH8130
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Amos 6:8The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord 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.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 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.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 11:8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Jeremiah 51:38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.
- Jeremiah 2:15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
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