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Jeremiah 12:8
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Jeremiah 12:8
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.
- Or, yelleth. Heb. giueth out his voice.
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 12:8
Inheritance, possession.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
A large, powerful wild cat; figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Greatly disliked.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study8The 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.
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Open the full verse study15All 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.
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Open the full verse study8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Open the full verse study15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
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Open the full verse study38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
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