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Jeremiah 12:9

Jeremiah 12:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Mine: Or rather, as the learned Bochart renders, "Is then my heritage (people) to me as a fierce hyena? Is there a wild beast all around upon her?" i.e., the land of Canaan. The hyena is a kind of wolf, a little bigger than a mastiff; colour grey, streaked with black. It is of a solitary and savage disposition.

speckled bird: or, a bird having talons

come: or, cause them to come

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