Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah 12:8 in other translations
| BSB | My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| DARBY | My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. |
What does Jeremiah 12:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 12:7-13
God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious in his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their enemies. Many professing churches become like speckled birds, presenting a mixture of religion and the world, with its vain fashions, pursuits, and pollutions. God's people are as men wondered at, as a speckled bird; but this people had by their own folly made themselves so; and the beasts…
Jeremiah 12:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 12:8
- Amos 6:8
The 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.
- Hosea 9:15
All 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.
- Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:38
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
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Context
- Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
- Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
- Jeremiah 12:9
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.
Jeremiah 12:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fué para mí mi heredad como león en breña: contra mí dió su voz; por tanto la aborrecí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon héritage m’est devenu comme un lion dans la forêt; il a fait retentir sa voix contre moi, c’est pourquoi je l’ai haï. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mein Erbteil ist mir geworden wie ein Löwe im Walde; es hat seine Stimme gegen mich erhoben, darum habe ich es gehaßt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Facta est mihi hæreditas mea quasi leo in silva: dedit contra me vocem, ideo odivi eam. |