Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 12:9
A church father on this verse
“"Is my inheritance to me a hyena's den?" He prophesies concerning this inheritance: has my inheritance perhaps become a hyena's den, a hyena's den — of the most savage beast, the corpse-eater, the one about the tombs, the one that eats the dead bodies? "Is my inheritance to me a hyena's den? Or a cave round about it o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Is not my inheritance to me a hyena’s cave, or a cave round about her? Go ye, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her.
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7I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.
8My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her.
— Jeremiah 12:9 —
10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness;
11it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.