George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 12:15
Land; the Jews, as well as their neighbours, chap. xlix. 6. (Menochius) (Isaias xxiii. 15., and Ezechiel xvi. 55.)
Land; the Jews, as well as their neighbours, chap. xlix. 6. (Menochius) (Isaias xxiii. 15., and Ezechiel xvi. 55.)
Verse Jeremiah 12:15. _I WILL RETURN, AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM_] This is a promise of restoration from the captivity, and an intimation also that some of their enemies would turn to the true God w...
CHAPTER 12 The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _ Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
THE DESOLATION OF JUDAH BY HER NEIGHBOURS, AND THEIR FUTURE. This isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings 24:1 f., when Jehoiakim had revolted against Nebuchadrezzar (_c....
THEM. Authorized Version 1611 omits this word. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....
Jeremiah 12:7-17. Devastation of Judah to be wrought by hostile neighbours, who shall be punished by exile unless they submit to the God of Israel Jehovah in pathetic language deplores the necessity...
See introd. summary to the section....
V. THE PREDICTION CONCERNING THE NATIONS Jeremiah 12:14-17 TRANSLATION (14) Thus says the LORD concerning all my wicked neighbors who lay their hands on the inheritance which I caused My people Israe...
Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house...
1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
I WILL RETURN, AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM. — The words refer, as Jeremiah 12:16 shows, not to Judah only, but to the “evil neighbours.” For them also there is hope, and that hope is bound up with the...
וְ הָיָ֗ה אַֽחֲרֵי֙ נָתְשִׁ֣י אֹותָ֔ם אָשׁ֖וּב...
CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
And it shall come to pass, after I have plucked them out I (q) will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. (q) After I h...
I detain not the Reader, with multiplying observations on these verses, the tenor of which is so uniformly discoverable through all the Bible. But I beg of him, to remark with me, how gracious the Lor...
God does not only promise mercy here to the Jews, but also to heathen nations, of whom he would be the Judge, to punish them for the sake of his people. And that this passage is to be extended to alie...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the call to o...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, AFTER THAT I HAVE PLUCKED THEM OUT,.... Not the Jews only, but more especially their neighbouring nations; after they have been plucked up and carried captive, and been in c...
And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. Ver. 15. _Af...
_Thus saith the Lord, against_, or _concerning, all mine evil neighbours_ By these are meant the _Moabites, Ammonites, Idumeans_, and _Philistines;_ against whom Jeremiah prophesies, chap. 47., 48., 4...
The Lord's Answer...
And it shall come to pass after that I have plucked them out, the heathen nations, I WILL RETURN AND HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM, showing mercy also to these children of the Gentiles, giving evidence of t...
14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward...
This seemeth not to be a prophecy only of the Jews return into their land after the fulfilling of the years of their captivity, but also of the bringing back of these nations after that they should be...
Jeremiah 12:15 after H310 out H5428 (H8800) return H7725 (H8799) compassion H7355 (H8765) back H7725 ...
YHWH HAS FORSAKEN HIS HOUSE AND REJECTED HIS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT IT HAS BECOME, AND THEIR EVIL NEIGHBOURS WILL ALSO BE PUNISHED, BUT EVEN FOR THEM THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY TURN TO...
CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's complaint to God and God's rebuke. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences toward w...
Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:15 COMPASSION. Wrath is never God’s final word to his covenant people (Deuteronomy 30:1;...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather, _Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying, Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
Deuteronomy 3:20; Deuteronomy 30:3; Isaiah 23:17; Isaiah 23:18;...