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Jeremiah 12

Jer. 12:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Mine heritage
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
is unto me as a μspeckled
tsabuwa` (Hebrew #6641)
dyed (in stripes), i.e. the hyena
KJV usage: speckled.
Pronounce: tsaw-boo'-ah
Origin: passive participle of the same as 6648
bird
`ayit (Hebrew #5861)
a hawk or other bird of prey
KJV usage: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Pronounce: ah'-yit
Origin: from 5860
, the birds
`ayit (Hebrew #5861)
a hawk or other bird of prey
KJV usage: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Pronounce: ah'-yit
Origin: from 5860
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
are against her; come
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
i ye, assemble
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
all the beasts
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, πcome
'athah (Hebrew #857)
a primitive root (collateral to 225 contraction); to arrive
KJV usage: (be-, things to) come (upon), bring.
Pronounce: aw-thaw'
Origin: or matha {aw-thaw'}
to devour
'oklah (Hebrew #402)
food
KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Pronounce: ok-law'
Origin: feminine of 401
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Cross References

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Mine.Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hyæna?
Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan.
The hyæna is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black:
it is of a solitary and savage disposition.speckled bird.
or, a bird having talons.
the birds.
Jer. 2:15• 15Los cachorros de los leones bramaron sobre él, dieron su voz; y pusieron su tierra en soledad; quemadas están sus ciudades, sin morador. (Jer. 2:15)
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2 R. 24:2• 2Jehová empero envió contra él tropas de Caldeos, y tropas de Siros, y tropas de Moabitas, y tropas de Ammonitas; los cuales envió contra Judá para que la destruyesen, conforme á la palabra de Jehová que había hablado por sus siervos los profetas. (2 R. 24:2)
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Ez. 16:36‑37• 36Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Por cuanto han sido descubiertas tus vergüenzas, y tu confusión ha sido manifestada á tus enamorados en tus fornicaciones; y á los ídolos de tus abominaciones, y en la sangre de tus hijos, los cuales les diste;
37Por tanto, he aquí que yo junto todos tus enamorados con los cuales tomaste placer, y todos los que amaste, con todos los que aborreciste; y reunirélos contra ti alrededor, y descubriréles tu vergüenza, y verán toda tu torpeza.
(Ez. 16:36‑37)
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Ez. 23:22‑25• 22Por tanto, Aholibah, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí que yo despierto tus amantes contra ti, de los cuales se hartó tu deseo, y yo les haré venir contra ti en derredor;
23Los de Babilonia, y todos los Caldeos, mayordomos, y príncipes, y capitanes, todos los de Asiria con ellos: mancebos todos ellos de codiciar, capitanes y príncipes, nobles y principales, que montan á caballo todos ellos.
24Y vendrán sobre ti carros, carretas, y ruedas, y multitud de pueblos. Escudos, y paveses, y capacetes pondrán contra ti en derredor; y yo daré el juicio delante de ellos, y por sus leyes te juzgarán.
25Y pondré mi celo contra ti, y obrarán contigo con furor; quitarte han tu nariz y tus orejas; y lo que te quedare caerá á cuchillo. Ellos tomarán tus hijos y tus hijas, y tu residuo será consumido por el fuego.
(Ez. 23:22‑25)
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Ap. 17:16• 16Y los diez cuernos que viste en la bestia, éstos aborrecerán á la ramera, y la harán desolada y desnuda: y comerán sus carnes, y la quemarán con fuego: (Ap. 17:16)
come ye.
come.
or, cause them to come.

J. N. Darby Translation

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My heritage is unto me as a speckled bird of preyc; the birds of prey round about are against her. Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

JND Translation Notes

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c
According to others "as a greedy hyena."