Jeremiah 12:8 contains the reason why Jahveh gives up His people for a prey. It has behaved to God like a lion, ie, has opposed Him fiercely like a furious ...

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.

Jeremiah 12:8 - 'My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her. on StudyLight.org.

This verse is part of a lament by the prophet Jeremiah, expressing his frustration with the people of Judah and their disobedience to God.

Jeremiah 12:8 Meaning and Commentary This expresses the clamours of these people against God and his providences, and their rage, fierceness, and cruelty, ...

NLT My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest, so I have treated them with contempt.

David Guzik commentary on Jeremiah 12, where Jeremiah asks God about the prosperity of the wicked, and receive an answer from God which challenges him.

Verse 8. - The reason why Jehovah has given up his people. Israel (or, more strictly, Judah) has proceeded to open hostility against his God. He is unto me - or ...

An intimation of mercy to God's people, in a denunciation of wrath against their neighbours that helped forward their affliction, that they should be plucked ...