For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have dealt unfaithfully with thee, and they have cried out altogether upon thee: but believe them not, though they speak fair to thee.

I have forsaken [a]mine house: I have left mine heritage: I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

Mine heritage is unto me, as a [b]lion in the forest: it crieth out against me, therefore have I hated it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:7 God willeth the Prophet to denounce his judgments against Jerusalem, notwithstanding that they shall both by threatenings and flatteries, labor to put him to silence.
  2. Jeremiah 12:8 Ever ramping and raging against me and my Prophets.

Your relatives, members of your own family—
    even they have betrayed you;
    they have raised a loud cry against you.(A)
Do not trust them,
    though they speak well of you.(B)

“I will forsake(C) my house,
    abandon(D) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(E)
    into the hands of her enemies.(F)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(G) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(H)

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