NASB
""My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her."
— Jeremiah 12:8, NASB
“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 heritage has become like a lion in the woodland to me; her voice has been loud against me; so I have hate for her.”
"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
"For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you."
"I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.
"Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!
"Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness.
"It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart.