{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer012_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer012_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer012_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/jer012.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text biblical edition presenting Jeremiah 12:1\u201317 in four versions side by side: the King James Version (with embedded Strong's concordance numbers), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic Text, and the Latin Vulgate. The chapter opens with the prophet's direct challenge to God \u2014 a theodicy complaint asking why the wicked prosper \u2014 followed by God's counter-challenge: if Jeremiah struggles now against foot-soldiers, how will he fare against horses? The divine voice then shifts to announce judgment, describing Israel's \"heritage\" as a ruined vineyard trampled by many shepherds, with the sword of the Lord devouring from one end of the land to the other. The chapter closes with a conditional promise to neighboring nations: those who abandon Baal-worship and swear by God's name will be restored alongside Israel; those who refuse will be utterly uprooted. The distinctive value of this presentation is text-critical rather than devotional \u2014 the four versions can be read in parallel to observe translation choices, divergences (notably the Septuagint's \"hyena's den\" in v. 9 where the KJV reads \"speckled bird\"), and the range of the ancient textual tradition for this passage.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 12","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1614}