Jeremiah 12:8

Good News Translation

My chosen people have turned against me; like a lion in the forest they have roared at me, and so I hate them.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:13

We have rebelled against you, rejected you, and refused to follow you. We have oppressed others and turned away from you. Our thoughts are false; our words are lies.

Jeremiah 2:15

They have roared at him like lions; they have made his land a desert, and his towns lie in ruins, completely abandoned.

Jeremiah 51:38

The Babylonians all roar like lions and growl like lion cubs.

Ezekiel 23:18

She exposed herself publicly and let everyone know she was a whore. I was as disgusted with her as I had been with her sister.

Hosea 9:15

The Lord says, “All their evildoing began in Gilgal. It was there that I began to hate them. And because of the evil they have done, I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them any more; all their leaders have rebelled against me.

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord Almighty has given this solemn warning: “I hate the pride of the people of Israel; I despise their luxurious mansions. I will give their capital city and everything in it to the enemy.”

Micah 2:8

The Lord replies, “You attack my people like enemies. Men return from battle, thinking they are safe at home, but there you are, waiting to steal the coats off their backs.

Zechariah 11:8

I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.