Jeremiah 12:9 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 12:9

Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.

BSB

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ASV

Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

KJV

Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Ver. 9.) Is my inheritance like a colorful bird to me? Is it like a bird dyed all over? Come, gather all the beasts of the earth; hurry to devour. LXX: Is the den of the hyena my inheritance? Is there a den all around it, above it? Go, gather all the animals of the field; let them come and eat it. According to the letter, he calls the colorful and fully dyed bird a peacock.

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 speckled bird,.... Or, "is not mine heritage unto me as a speckled bird?" (b) as a bird of various colours, delightful to look at, as the peacock, so Jerom interprets it here; it was so formerly, but not so now; or as a bird of various colours, and unusual, which other birds get about, look on, hate, and peck at.

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,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Is unto me as a speckled bird - A bird of divers colors. This is a people who have corrupted the worship of the true God with heathenish rites and ceremonies; therefore, the different nations, (see Jer 12:10; whose gods and forms of worship they have adopted shall come and spoil them. As far as you have followed the surrounding nations in their worship, so far shall they prevail over your state.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַעַ֨יִט	ha.'A.yit	¿ a bird of prey	H5861 →
צָב֤וּעַ	tza.Vu.a'	speckled	H6641 →
נַחֲלָתִי֙	na.cha.la.Ti	[is] inheritance my	H5159 →
לִ֔י	Li	to <the> me
הַעַ֖יִט	ha.'A.yit	that [are] bird[s] of prey?	H5861 →
סָבִ֣יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
עָלֶ֑יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
לְכ֗וּ	le.Khu	go	H1980 →
אִסְפ֛וּ	'is.Fu	gather	H622 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
חַיַּ֥ת	chai.Yat	<the> animal of	H2416 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה	ha.sa.Deh	the field	H7704 →
הֵתָ֥יוּ	he.Ta.yu	bring [them]	H857 →
לְאָכְלָֽה׃	le.'okh.Lah	for food	H402 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Jeremiah 7:33
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:26
  Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 19:17–18
  Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
leads to
- Jeremiah 35:11
  So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
- 2 Kings 23:27
  For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My…
- Jeremiah 25:9
  behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 32:28
  Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
- 2 Kings 21:12–14
Through
Isaiah 56:9
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
leads to
- Isaiah 18:6
  They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

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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