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Verse Jeremiah 12:7. _I HAVE FORSAKEN MINE HOUSE_] I have abandoned my
temple.
_I HAVE GIVEN THE DEARLY BELOVED OF MY SOUL_] The people once in
covenant with me, and inexpressibly dear to me while fa...
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Yahweh shows that the downfall of the nation was occasioned by no want
of love on His part, but by the nation’s conduct.
LEFT - More correctly, cast away.
Jeremiah 12:8
Judah has not merely refused...
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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...
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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....
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THE DEARLY BELOVED. Hebrew. love. Put by Figure of speech. _Metonymy_
(of Adjunct), App-6, for one loved.
MY SOUL. I Myself (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. Figure of
speech. _Anthropopatheia_....
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_mine house_ shewn by the parallelism of the clauses to mean, not the
Temple, but the nation itself; so in Hosea 8:1; Hosea 9:15....
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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...
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IV. THE PAIN OF GOD Jeremiah 12:7-13
TRANSLATION
(7) I have forsaken My house, I have left My inheritance; I have given
the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. (8) My
inheritance has be...
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I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given
the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
I HAVE FORSAKEN MINE HOUSE - Yahweh will forsake His temple and the...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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I HAVE FORSAKEN MINE HOUSE. — The speaker is clearly Jehovah, but
the connection with what precedes is not clear. Possibly we have, in
this chapter, what in the writings of a poet would be called
frag...
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עָזַ֨בְתִּי֙ אֶת ־בֵּיתִ֔י
נָטַ֖שְׁתִּי אֶת ־נַחֲלָתִ֑י...
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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...
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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...
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I have forsaken (g) my house, I have left my heritage; I have given
the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
(g) God wills the prophet to denounce his judgments against Jerusalem,...
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_Soul; people, (Haydock) whose punishment was decreed. Say not,
therefore, that the wicked always prosper._...
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I hope that I do not use any violence to this passage, neither strain
the holy scripture, when I say, that after everything which may be
said, in allusion here to Israel, I venture to consider somewha...
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He confirms what I have already stated; he testifies that the people
were either openly furious or acting perfidiously and deceitfully; nor
has it been the object hitherto merely to say that wrong had...
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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...
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I HAVE FORSAKEN MY HOUSE,.... The temple, where the Lord took up his
residence, and vouchsafed his presence to his people; this was
fulfilled in the first temple, when it was destroyed by the Chaldean...
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I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given
the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Ver. 7. _I have forsaken my house._] A man's house is dear to him,
dear...
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_I have forsaken my house_ My temple, where I had placed my name. I
have already withdrawn my favourable regard and presence from it, and
shall withhold those manifestations of my power and goodness,...
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I have forsaken Mine house, so the Lord tells His prophet, I HAVE LEFT
MINE HERITAGE, repudiating His chosen people, in the midst of whom He
had established, and hoped to maintain, His Church; I HAVE...
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ISRAEL SPOILED BY THE ENEMIES...
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7-13 God's people had been the dearly-beloved of his soul, precious
in his sight, but they acted so, that he gave them up to their
enemies. Many professing churches become like speckled birds,
presen...
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God by his HOUSE here understandeth the temple, which God is said here
to have forsaken with respect to his gracious manifestations in it to
the people that came thither to worship him. By his HERITAG...
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Jeremiah 12:7 forsaken H5800 (H8804) house H1004 left H5203 (H8804)
heritage H5159 given H5414 (H8804) beloved...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:7 God has FORSAKEN his people, the
BELOVED OF his SOUL, turning them over to judgment. His suffering
exceeds Jeremiah’s....
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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...
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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...
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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):...
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Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 7:21; Hosea 9:15; Isaiah 2:6;...
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My house — God by his house here understands the temple. Heritage
— The whole body of the Israelites, whom God threatens to leave with
respect to his special providence....