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Jeremiah 12:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 12:7-9
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Is Furious with His People
7 I loved my people and chose them
as my very own.
But now I will reject them
and hand them over
to their enemies.
8 My people have turned against me
and roar at me like lions.
That's why I hate them.
9 My people are like a hawk
surrounded and attacked
by other hawks.[a]
Tell the wild animals
to come and eat their fill.
Footnotes
- 12.9 My people … other hawks: Or “My land has become a hyena's den with vultures circling above.”
Jeremiah 12:7-9
New International Version
Jeremiah 12:7-9
New International Version
7 “I will forsake(A) my house,
abandon(B) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(C)
into the hands of her enemies.(D)
8 My inheritance has become to me
like a lion(E) in the forest.
She roars at me;
therefore I hate her.(F)
9 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.(G)
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