Jer 12:7-9, 50:17, Eze 34:5 | ESV | STEP | I have forsaken my house ; I have abandoned my heritage ; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies .

a Isa. 19:25

b ch. 11:15

c[See ver. 7 above]

d[See ver. 7 above]

e Isa. 46:11

f Isa. 46:11

g ch. 7:33; Isa. 56:9; [Ezek. 39:17; Rev. 19:17]

hSee ver. 6

i ch. 2:15; 4:7; Isa. 5:29

j 2 Kgs. 17:6; 18:13

k ch. 51:34

l 2 Kgs. 24:10, 14; See 2 Kgs. 25:1-11

m[ch. 51:34]

n 1 Kgs. 22:17; Matt. 9:36

o[Jer. 50:7, 17]

Jeremiah 12:7-9

7 “I have forsaken my house;
I have abandoned ^amy heritage;
I have given ^bthe beloved of my soul
into the hands of her enemies.
8 ^cMy heritage has become to me
like a lion in the forest;
she has lifted up her voice against me;
therefore I hate her.
9 Is ^dmy heritage to me like ^ea hyena’s lair?
Are the ^fbirds of prey against her all around?
Go, ^gassemble all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.

Jeremiah 50:17

17 ^h“Israel is a hunted sheep ⁱdriven away by lions. ^jFirst the king of Assyria ^kdevoured him, and now at last ^lNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^mhas gnawed his bones.

Ezekiel 34:5

5 ⁿSo they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and ^othey became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered;