Jeremiah 12:9

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Is my inheritance to me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey surrounding her? Come, gather all the wild beasts; bring them to devour.

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  • Isa 56:9 : 9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.
  • Jer 7:33 : 33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
  • Ezek 23:22-25 : 22 Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side— 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and commanders, chariot soldiers, and men of renown, all mounted on horses. 24 They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a vast army. They will take up shields, helmets, and armor against you on every side. I will hand you over to them for judgment, and they will punish you according to their laws. 25 I will direct my jealous fury against you, and they will deal with you in anger. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and daughters, and those who remain will be consumed by fire.
  • 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them to destroy Judah, fulfilling the word of the LORD spoken through His servants, the prophets.
  • Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.' 18 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you. 20 At my table, you will be filled with horses and riders, mighty men and all warriors,' declares the Lord GOD.
  • Rev 17:16 : 16 The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her with fire.
  • Rev 19:17-18 : 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high overhead: 'Come, gather for the great supper of God,' 18 'that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.'
  • Jer 15:3 : 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.
  • Ezek 16:36-37 : 36 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children you gave to them, 37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side, and I will expose your nakedness to them, so they may see all your shame.
  • Jer 2:15 : 15 Young lions have roared against him; they have raised their voices. They have turned his land into a desolation; his towns are burned and uninhabited.

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    7I have abandoned my house, I have forsaken my inheritance; I have given the one I love into the hands of her enemies.

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    10Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard; they have trampled my portion underfoot. They have turned my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

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  • Ps 80:12-13
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    12It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

    13Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

  • Jer 12:14
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    14This is what the LORD says: 'As for all my evil neighbors who harm the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.'

  • Jer 12:3-4
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    3But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.

    4How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • Ps 22:12-13
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    12Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

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  • Ps 17:12
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    12They are like a lion eager to tear its prey, like a young lion crouching in hiding.

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    12Now I will uncover her shame in the sight of her lovers; no one will deliver her out of my hand.

  • Joel 1:6-7
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    6For a nation has invaded my land, strong and without number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.

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    12As they go, I will spread my net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the sky. I will discipline them as their assembly has heard.

  • 2 Kgs 21:14
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    14I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and give them into the hands of their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil for all their enemies,

  • Jer 9:9-10
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    9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

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  • Isa 18:6
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    6They will all be left for the birds of prey on the mountains and the wild animals of the earth. The birds will spend the summer feeding on them, and all the wild animals will winter upon them.

  • Lam 3:52
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    52My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10He is like a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Lam 4:19
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    19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

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    12It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

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    19Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

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    33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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