God’s Answer to Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12:8

In 11 translations

BSB: My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
KJV: Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice
WEB: My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
ASV: My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
LSV: My inheritance has been to Me as a lion in a forest, || She gave forth against Me with her voice, || Therefore I have hated her.
YLT: 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.
DBY: My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
DRC: My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.
GNV: Mine heritage is vnto mee, as a lion in the forest: it crieth out against mee, therefore haue I hated it.
JPS: My heritage is become unto Me as a lion in the forest; she hath uttered her voice against Me; therefore have I hated her.
LXXE: My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.

WLC: הָיְתָה־לִּ֥י נַחֲלָתִ֖י כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה בַיָּ֑עַר נָתְנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י בְּקוֹלָ֖הּ עַל־כֵּ֥ן שְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br: Ἐγενήθη ἡ κληρονομία μου ἐμοὶ ὡς λέων ἐν δρυμῷ, ἔδωκεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῆς, διατοῦτο ἐμίσησα αὐτήν.

◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Amos 6:8The 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 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 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Jeremiah 2:15The 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.
Jeremiah 51:38They will roar together like young lions; they will growl like lion cubs.

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