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Verse Jeremiah 12:10. _MANY PASTORS HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD_] My
people have had many kinds of enemies which have fed upon their
richest pastures; the Philistines, the Moabites, Ammonites, Assyrian...
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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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PASTORS. Used of rulers. See note on Jeremiah 1:80; Jeremiah 3:15.
MY PORTION. One Codex (Dr. Ginsburg's "G. 1") reads "My possession".
PLEASANT PORTION. Hebrew portion of desire. my desired portion...
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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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_shepherds_ See on Jeremiah 6:3.
_vineyard_ For this figure cp. Isaiah 5:1 ff.
_have trodden my portion under foot_ The figure is that of the
destruction of vineyards by wandering hordes and their f...
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MANY PASTORS— _Many eaters,_ or _devourers._ The same persons here
are meant as in chap. Jeremiah 6:3 namely, Nebuchadnezzar and his
army....
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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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Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion
under foot, they have made my Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard,
they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my...
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12:10 destroyed (d-4) As 'corrupted,' Deuteronomy 9:12 ....
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PASTORS] leaders of the invading armies: cp. Jeremiah 6:3, where they
axe called 'shepherds.'...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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MANY PASTORS HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD. — The use of the word
“pastors,” with all its modern spiritual associations, instead of
“shepherds” (Jeremiah is the only book in the Old Testament, it
may be...
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רֹעִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ כַרְמִ֔י
בֹּסְס֖וּ אֶת...
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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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Many shepherds have destroyed my (k) vineyard, they have trodden my
portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate
wilderness.
(k) He prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem, by...
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_Pastors; princes of my people, as well (Haydock) as of the Chaldeans,
chap. vi. 3._...
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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 explains by another comparison what we have just observed; he calls
those pastors or shepherds whom he had before compared to wild beasts;
for by saying, “Come ye, all the wild beasts of the wood,”...
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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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MANY PASTORS HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD,.... This is a metaphor which
is often used of the people of Israel and Judah; see
Psalms 80:8, the pastors that destroyed them are not their own
governors, ci...
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Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion
under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Ver. 10. _Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard._] Those...
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_Many pastures have destroyed my vineyard Many eaters_, or
_devourers_, as Dr. Waterland translates רעים רבים, by which
the Chaldee Paraphrast understands the generals of the Chaldean army,
an interpr...
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ISRAEL SPOILED BY THE ENEMIES...
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Many pastors, the very ones who were expected to give the Church the
proper spiritual care, HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD; THEY, together with
the heathen kings and their hordes, HAVE TRODDEN MY PORTION,...
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PLEASANT PORTION:
_ Heb._ portion of desire...
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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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By PASTORS most here think civil persons, not ecclesiastical officers,
are meant; but they are divided, some interpreting it of the rulers
and princes of Nebuchadnezzar's army, who took Jerusalem, and...
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Jeremiah 12:10 Many H7227 rulers H7462 (H8802) destroyed H7843 (H8765)
vineyard H3754 trodden H947 portion H2513
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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 12:10 SHEPHERDS HAVE DESTROYED MY
VINEYARD. On God’s people as his vineyard, see note on Isa. 5:1.
Judah’s leaders have misled God’s people, resulting in oppression
and judgm...
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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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Isaiah 43:28; Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 63:18; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 3:19;
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A wilderness — They have caused God to turn the country which he had
chosen for his portion, into a wilderness....