“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has [a](A)roared against Me;
Therefore I have come to (B)hate her.
“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the (C)birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the (D)beasts of the field,
Bring them to devour!
10 “Many (E)shepherds have ruined My (F)vineyard,
They have (G)trampled down My field;
They have made My (H)pleasant field
A desolate wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:8 Lit raised her voice

My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(A) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(B)
Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.(C)
10 Many shepherds(D) will ruin my vineyard
    and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
    into a desolate wasteland.(E)

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