Jeremiah 12:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ “My inheritance is to Me like a speckled bird of prey, the birds of prey all around are against her. Go, gather all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Is My heritage to Me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field; bring them to devour.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

Common English Bible

⁹ My inheritance has become like a bird of prey, surrounded and attacked. Go, gather all the wild animals for the feast.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!

Jeremiah 12:9 Cross References

2 Kings 24:2

And יהוה  sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, and raiding bands of Aram, and raiding bands of Mo’aḇ

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, the pride of men shall be bowed down, and יהוה  alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:12

For יהוה  of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up, so that it is brought low;

Isaiah 56:9

All you beasts of the field, come to devour, all you beasts in the forest.

Jeremiah 15:3

“And I shall appoint over them four kinds,” declares יהוה, “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Jeremiah 2:15

“The young lions roared at him, they growled, and made his land waste; his cities have been burned, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 34:20

‘And I shall give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their corpses shall be for food to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 7:33

“And the corpses of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth, with none to frighten them away.

Lamentations 1:17

Tsiyon spreads out her hands, There is no comforter for her. יהוה  has commanded concerning Yaʽ

Ezekiel 34:5

“And they were scattered because there was no shepherd. And they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.

Revelation 17:16

“And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and lay her waste and naked, and eat her flesh and burn her with fire.