Jeremiah 12:8 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 12:8

My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

BSB

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ASV

My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

KJV

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Vers. 7, 8.) I left my house, I abandoned my inheritance: I gave my beloved soul into the hands of its enemies. My inheritance became like a lion in the forest: it roared against me, therefore I hated it. He who spoke in the Gospel: Rise, let us go from here (John 14:31). And again: Your house will be left desolate (Luke 13:35), here and also in the same prophet he threatens; and he says that he has done what he was going to do. For the inheritance of the Lord is Israel, and his inheritance is as a rope.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in pieces all it meets with. This expresses the clamours of these people against God and his providences, and their rage, fierceness, and cruelty, against his prophets, sent in his name.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

An intimation of mercy to God's people, in a denunciation of wrath against their neighbours that helped forward their affliction, that they should be plucked out; but with a promise that if they would at last join themselves with the people of God they should come in sharers with them in their privileges,

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָיְתָה־	ha.ye.tah-	it has become	H1961 →
לִּ֥י	li	to <the> me
נַחֲלָתִ֖י	na.cha.la.Ti	inheritance my	H5159 →
כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה	ke.'ar.Yeh	like a lion	H738 →
בַיָּ֑עַר	vai.Ya.'ar	in the forest	H3293 →
נָתְנָ֥ה	na.te.Nah	it has given	H5414 →
עָלַ֛י	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
בְּקוֹלָ֖הּ	be.ko.Lah	with voice its	H6963 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֥ן	ken	-fore	H3651 →
שְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ׃	se.ne.Ti.ha	I hate it	H8130 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 9:15
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are…
leads to
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Hosea 4:15
  Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
Through
Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:14
  The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
- Amos 4:2
  The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- Psalms 47:4
  He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Through
Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
leads to
- John 15:18
  If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 7:7
  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Through
Jeremiah 2:15
The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:7
  A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah