8 My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest;
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have ahated it.
It cries out against Me;
Therefore I have ahated it.
9 My1 heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture;
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
aBring them to devour!
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
aBring them to devour!
10 “Many arulers have destroyed bMy vineyard,
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it adesolate;
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
13 aThey have1 sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Book Notes:
Robertson's Book Notes (NT)