Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
‖Mine heritage is vnto me as a lyon in the forrest: it cryeth out against me, therefore haue I hated it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, yelleth. Heb. giueth out his voice.
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From verse 8
8The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
8The LORD God hath sworne by himselfe, saith the LORD the God of hostes, I abhorre the excellencie of Iacob, and hate his palaces: therefore wil I *deliuer vp the citie, with †all that is therein.
- Hosea 9:15Rank 2 from verse 8
15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
15*All their wickednesse is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickednesse of their doings I will driue them out of mine house, I will loue them no more: all their princes are reuolters.
- Zechariah 11:8Rank 3 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 2:15Rank 4 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 51:38Rank 5 from verse 8
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Jeremiah 12:8
Inheritance, possession.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: A large, powerful wild cat. Sense 2: Figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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7¶ I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
7¶ †I haue forsaken mine house: I haue left mine heritage: I haue giuen the dearely beloued of my soule into the hand of her enemies.
8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
8‖Mine heritage is vnto me as a lyon in the forrest: it cryeth out against me, therefore haue I hated it.
Selected passage9Mine 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.
9‖‖Mine heritage is vnto mee as a speckled bird, the birdes round about are against her; come yee, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to deuoure.