Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Jeremiah 12:9

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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 the birds: Jer 2:15; Kg2 24:2; Eze 16:36, Eze 16:37, Eze 23:22-25; Rev 17:16 come ye: Jer 7:33; Isa 56:9; Eze 39:17-20; Rev 19:17, Rev 19:18 come: or, cause them to come Jeremiah 12:10

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