Jeremiah 12:7-10
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.]
Jeremiah 50:11
happy <08055> [ye were.]
plundered <08154> [ye destroyers.]
frolic <06335> [ye are.]
frolic <06335> [fat. Heb. big. or, corpulent.]
neighs .... stallion <047 06670> [bellow as bulls. or, neigh as steeds.]
Exodus 19:5-6
diligently listen <08085> [if ye.]
keep <08104> [keep.]
special possession <05459> [a peculiar.]
earth <0776> [all the earth.]
kingdom <04467> [a kingdom.]
holy <06918> [and an.]
Deuteronomy 32:9
Lord's <03068> [the Lord's.]
possession <02256> [lot. Heb. cord.]
Psalms 33:12
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
people <05971> [people.]
special possession <05159> [his own.]
Psalms 74:2
acquired <07069> [purchased.]
nation <07626> [rod. or, tribe. thine.]
rescued <01350> [redeemed.]
Mount <02022> [this mount.]
Psalms 135:4
Lord <03050> [the Lord.]
special possession <05459> [his peculiar.]
Psalms 135:1
[A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. (Title.)]
Bp. Patrick supposes this to be the morning hymn which the precentor called upon the Levites to sing at the opening of the gates of the temple, as the foregoing was sung at the shutting in the evening; but it is more probable that it was composed by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of the temple.
Praise ... Lord Praise ........ praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord.]
Praise .... Praise ... name ...... praise <01984 08034> [Praise ye the name.]
servants <05650> [O ye servants.]
