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Jeremiah 12:8–9

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8My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,

so I have treated them with contempt.

9My chosen people act like speckled vultures,

but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.

Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

My heritage has become to me

like a lion in the forest;

she has lifted up her voice against me;

therefore I hate her.

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)

My inheritance has become to me

like a lion in the forest.

She roars at me;

therefore I hate her.

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

My inheritance has behaved toward me

like a lion in the forest.

She has roared against me.

Therefore, I hate her.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest.

She has lifted up against me her voice; therefore I hate her.

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 lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 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.