Parallel Verses
Amplified
“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has raised her voice and roared against Me;
So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her.
New American Standard Bible
Like a lion in the forest;
She has
Therefore I have come to
King James Version
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Holman Bible
like a lion in the forest.
She has roared against Me.
Therefore, I hate her.
International Standard Version
My inheritance has become like a lion in the forest to me. She roars at me; therefore, I hate her.
A Conservative Version
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.
American Standard Version
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest; it hath raised its voice against me: therefore have I hated it.
Julia Smith Translation
My inheritance was to me as a lion in the forest; she gave upon me with her voice: for this I hated her.
King James 2000
My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest. She has lifted up against me her voice; {therefore} I hate her.
Modern King James verseion
My inheritance is to Me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against Me; therefore I have hated it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mine heritage is become unto me, as a Lion in the wood. It cried out upon me, therefore have I forsaken it.
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.
New Heart English Bible
My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
The Emphasized Bible
Mine inheritance, hath become to me as a lion in a jungle, - She hath given forth against me her voice, For this cause, have I hated her.
Webster
My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
World English Bible
My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
Youngs Literal Translation
Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord's Reply
7
“I have abandoned My house,
I have given up My [precious] inheritance (Judah);
I have given the [dearly] beloved of My life
Into the hands of her enemies.
“My inheritance has become to Me
Like a lion in the forest;
She has raised her voice and roared against Me;
So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her.
“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me [unlike the others]?
Are the birds of prey (enemies) surrounding her on every side?
Go, gather all the [wild] beasts of the field;
Bring them to devour [her]!
Cross References
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness [says the Lord] is focused in Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the wickedness of their [idolatrous] practices
I will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel)!
I will love them no longer;
All their princes are rebels.
Amos 6:8
The Lord
“I loathe and reject the [self-centered] arrogance of Jacob (Israel),
And I hate his palaces and citadels;
Therefore, I shall hand over the [idolatrous] city [of Samaria] with all that it contains [to the Assyrian invaders].”
Jeremiah 2:15
“The young lions have roared at him,
They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.
And they have made his land a waste;
His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:38
“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],
They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.
Zechariah 11:8
Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.