“My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest.She has uttered her voice against me.Therefore I have hated her.”
Jeremiah 12:8 (WEB)
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6For even your brothers, and the house of your father,even they have dealt treacherously with you!Even they have cried aloud after you!Don’t believe them,though they speak beautiful words to you. 7“I have forsaken my house.I have cast off my heritage.I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 8My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest.She has uttered her voice against me.Therefore I have hated her. 9Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey?Are the birds of prey against her all around?Go, assemble all the animals of the field.Bring them to devour. 10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard.They have trodden my portion under foot.They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.