Catholic Public Domain Version
"My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it. "
— Jeremiah 12:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.”
“My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her. ”
“My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.”
“The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them.”
“My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: it hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.”
“My heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.”
“Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.”
“If you have struggled to run on foot, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you have been secure in a land of peace, what will you do about the arrogance of the Jordan?
For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: ‘You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.’ ”
“I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.
My inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has uttered a voice against me, therefore, I have hated it.
Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!
Many pastors have demolished my vineyard. They have trampled my portion. They have made my desirable portion into a desert of solitude.
They have squandered it, and it has grieved concerning me. The entire earth has become utterly desolate, because there is no one who understands with the heart.”