Jeremiah 12:9
“Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird,.... Or, "is not mine heritage unto me as a speckled bird?" (b) as a bird of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 12:7-9
Yahweh shows that the downfall of the nation was occasioned by no want of love on His part, but by the nation’s conduct.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 12:7-13
The people of the Jews are here marked for ruin.
I. God is here brought in falling out with them and leaving them…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
bird of prey? are the birds of prey, etc.] The change of one consonant (reading kifor li) would enable us to unite the…
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