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Jeremiah 12:9

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9The lair of the hyena is my inheritance to me,

the birds of preyh are all around her.

Go, gather all of the animalsi of the field,

bring them to come and devour.j

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Footnotes

  1. hHebrew “bird of prey”
  2. iHebrew “animal”
  3. jLiterally “to food”

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Is my inheritance like a hyena to me?

Are birds of prey circling her?

Go, gather all the wild animals;

bring them to devour her.

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!

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.