Jeremiah 12:9

The Passion Translation

Are hyenas and birds of prey all trying to devour the people I chose for myself? Are birds of prey circling around her? Go, gather all the wild beasts and bring them to devour her.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:11

The arrogant will be humbled and the pride of man brought low. Only one will be exalted in that day: Yahweh!

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord of Angel Armies has a day of humiliation in store for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud and self-exalting. They will be brought low.

Isaiah 56:9

All you wild beasts, come and devour, you wild animals of the forest.

Jeremiah 15:3

For Yahweh says, “I will send them four destroyers—the sword to slay, the dogs to drag away, the wild animals to devour, and the birds of prey to consume them.

Jeremiah 2:15

His enemies have raged against him, roaring like fierce lions. They leveled his cities, left them without inhabitants, and devastated his land.

Jeremiah 34:20

I will hand them over to their enemies, to those determined to kill them. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds and beasts.

Jeremiah 7:33

Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals with no one to frighten them away.

Lamentations 1:17

Zion stretches out her hands for help, but there is no one to comfort her. At Yahweh’s command, Jacob’s neighbors became her enemies. They all treated Jerusalem as though she were a bloody rag.

Ezekiel 34:5

Because there was no shepherd to care for the sheep, they were scattered and were eaten by every wild beast.

Revelation 17:16

The ten horns and the wild beast will hate the great prostitute and will make her a ruin. They will reduce her to nakedness, and they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.