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Verse Jeremiah 12:11. _NO MAN LAYETH_ IT _TO HEART._] Notwithstanding
all these desolations, from which the land every where mourns, and
which are so plainly the consequences of the people's crimes,...
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DESOLATE - The force of the protest lies in this word. Thrice the
prophet uses it.
LAYETH IT TO HEART - Rather, laid it “to heart.” The desolate land
must put up its silent cry to God, because the pe...
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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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MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....
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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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_unto me_ lit. _upon me_, i.e. to my sorrow. Dr. quotes the parallel
in Genesis 48:7.
_layeth it to heart_ i.e. has taken warning in time....
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BEING DESOLATE, IT MOURNETH UNTO ME— _Lo! it mourneth because it is
made desolate._ An elegant figure, whereby the prophet expresses the
lamentable condition of the land. _No man layeth it to heart._...
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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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They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
MOURNETH UNTO ME - i:e., before me. Eichorn translates, 'by...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE. — The Hebrew is impersonal. “_One has
made it...,” i.e., it is made desolate._ As in other poetry of
strong emotion, the prophet dwells with a strange solemn iteration on
t...
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שָׂמָהּ֙ לִ שְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י
שְׁמֵמָ֑ה...
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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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_Heart, to seek God and the cause of their misfortunes._...
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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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There is a change of number in the verb שם _shem; _but there is no
obscurity: for the Prophet means, that the Jews would be exposed to
the outrage of all, so that every one would plunder and lay waste...
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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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THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE,.... Which is repeated to denote the
certainty of it; astonishment at it, and that it might be observed:
AND BEING DESOLATE IT MOURNETH UNTO ME; not the inhabitants of it f...
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They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth unto me;
the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth [it] to heart.
Ver. 11. _Because no man layeth it to heart._] Heb., There...
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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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They have made it desolate, practically an uninhabited desert, AND
BEING DESOLATE, IT MOUMETH UNTO ME, making a lament of sadness over
the punishment which had come upon it. THE WHOLE LAND IS MADE DES...
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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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THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE, Heb. _He hath made it desolate_; but it
cannot be meant of God, for it is God that speaketh, and God is he
mentioned in the next words: it must therefore either be understo...
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Jeremiah 12:11 made H7760 (H8804) desolate H8076 Desolate H8077 mourns
H56 (H8804) land H776 desolate H8074 ...
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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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Ecclesiastes 7:2; Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:1; Jeremiah 10:22;...
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They — Heb. He hath made it desolate: but it cannot be meant of God,
for it is God that speaketh, and God is he mentioned in the next
words; it must therefore either be understood of Nebuchadnezzar, t...