Jeremiah 12:9 (KJV)

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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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speckled bird. or, a bird having talons. the birds. Jer 2:15 2Ki 24:2 Eze 16:36 Eze 16:37 Eze 23:22-25 Re 17:16

come ye. Jer 7:33 Isa 56:9 Eze 39:17-20 Re 19:17 Re 19:18

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. come. or, cause them to come.

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