Jeremiah 12:8

World English Bible (2000)

My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 9:15 : 15 "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
  • Amos 6:8 : 8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of Armies: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
  • Jer 51:38 : 38 They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' cubs.

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