Jeremiah 12:8

New Living Translation

My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest, so I have treated them with contempt.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:13

We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.

Jeremiah 2:15

Strong lions have roared against him, and the land has been destroyed. The towns are now in ruins, and no one lives in them anymore.

Jeremiah 51:38

Her people will roar together like strong lions. They will growl like lion cubs.

Ezekiel 23:18

“In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sister, because she flaunted herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts.

Hosea 9:15

The Lord says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels.

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his own name, and this is what he, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “I despise the arrogance of Israel, and I hate their fortresses. I will give this city and everything in it to their enemies.”

Micah 2:8

Yet to this very hour my people rise against me like an enemy! You steal the shirts right off the backs of those who trusted you, making them as ragged as men returning from battle.

Zechariah 11:8

I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.