Jeremiah 12:5-13
raced <07323> [thou hast.]
compete <08474> [canst.]
thick undergrowth <01347> [swelling.]
brothers <0251> [thy brethren.]
plotted <07121> [yea.]
plotted <07121> [have called, etc. or, cried after thee fully. though.]
kind things <02896> [fair words. Heb. good things.]
abandon <05800> [have forsaken.]
turn <05414> [I have given.]
beloved <03033> [dearly beloved. Heb. love.]
roared <05414> [crieth out. or, yelleth. Heb. giveth out his voice.]
hate <08130> [therefore.]
people <05159> [Mine.]
Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hy‘na? Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan. The hy‘na is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black: it is of a solitary and savage disposition.
birds of prey .... hyenas .... birds of prey <05861 06641> [speckled bird. or, a bird having talons. the birds.]
gather together ....... come <0857 03212 0622> [come ye.]
come <03212 0857> [come. or, cause them to come.]
rulers <07462> [pastors.]
land where I planted my people <03754> [my vineyard.]
trample all over <0947> [trodden.]
chosen land ...... beautiful land <02513 02532> [pleasant portion. Heb. portion of desire.]
lay ... waste ........................ pay <07760 08076> [made it.]
lie parched <056> [it mourneth.]
lay .......................... pay <07760> [layeth.]
destructive army <07703> [spoilers.]
against <02719> [the sword.]
one <01320> [no.]
sow <02232> [sown.]
work until .... exhausted <02470> [put.]
sow ......... work until .... exhausted ........... disappointed <02232 02470 0954> [they. or, ye.]
