Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
KJV
Facta est mihi hæreditas mea quasi leo in silva : dedit contra me vocem, ideo odivi eam.
Vulgate
ἐγενήθη ἡ κληρονομία μου ἐμοὶ ὡς λέων ἐν δρυμῷ· ἔδωκεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῆς, διὰ τοῦτο ἐμίσησα αὐτήν.
LXX
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
ASV
הָיְתָה לִּ֥/י נַחֲלָתִ֖/י כְּ/אַרְיֵ֣ה בַ/יָּ֑עַר נָתְנָ֥ה עָלַ֛/י בְּ/קוֹלָ֖/הּ עַל כֵּ֥ן שְׂנֵאתִֽי/הָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
י
y
verb · 148×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Ezek 23:18 — So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.
- Hos 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.
- Jer 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behol
- Jer 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
- Ps 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.