NET Bible
"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."
— Jeremiah 12:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?
As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
“I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.
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.
The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. But other birds of prey are all around them. Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own.
Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wilderness.
They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed.