Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in pieces all it meets with. This expresses the clamours of these people against God and his providences, and their rage, fierceness, and cruelty, against his prophets, sent in his name.
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Jeremiah 12:8
Jeremiah 12:8
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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