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Jeremiah 12:9

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9Is my inheritance like a hyenaA to me?

Are birds of prey circling her?

Go, gather all the wild animals;y

bring them to devour her.

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Footnotes

  1. A obscure

Cross references

  1. yIs 56:9; Jr 7:33

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair?

Are the birds of prey against her all around?

Go, assemble all the wild beasts;

bring them to devour.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Has not my inheritance become to me

like a speckled bird of prey

that other birds of prey surround and attack?

Go and gather all the wild beasts;

bring them to devour.

NLTNew Living Translation

My chosen people act like speckled vultures,

but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.

Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The lair of the hyena is my inheritance to me,

the birds of prey are all around her.

Go, gather all of the animals of the field,

bring them to come and devour.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.