transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Jeremiah 12:8 - English Standard Version 2016 My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My heritage has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has uttered her voice against Me; therefore I have [treated her as if I] hated her. American Standard Version (1901) My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her. Common English Bible My inheritance has turned against me like a lion in the forest; she growls at me; therefore, I have rejected her. Catholic Public Domain Version My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me. Therefore have I hated it. |
transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
The lions have roared against him; they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.
“They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions’ cubs.
When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister.
Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate 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.
The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy; you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly with no thought of war.
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.