Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 12:8
My heritage is to me as a (h) lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
(h) Ever ranting and raging against me and my prophets.
My heritage is to me as a (h) lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
(h) Ever ranting and raging against me and my prophets.
Verse Jeremiah 12:8. _MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A LION_] The people are _enraged_ against me; they _roar like a furious lion_ against their God. They have proceeded to the most open acts of the most...
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...
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....
IS. is become....
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...
_as a lion_ The open hostility of the people towards the Lord is likened by Him to the angry roar and fierce attack of a lion ranging the forest. He therefore withdraws and leaves it as some savage be...
MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A LION, &C.— "Judah hath exalted himself against me; he hath roared like a lion, and carried his wickedness to the last extremities. Therefore I look upon him as a ravenous...
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...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME - is become unto me: behaves toward me as a lion which roars against...
1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
The v. indicates the hostile attitude of the people to God....
AS A LION IN THE FOREST. — _i.e.,_ fierce, wild, untamed, uttering its sharp yells of passion. That mood was utterly unlovable, and therefore, speaking after the manner of men, the love which Jehovah...
הָיְתָה ־לִּ֥י נַחֲלָתִ֖י כְּ אַרְיֵ֣ה בַ †...
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...
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...
God now shews the reason why he resolved to cast away the people; for it might appear at the first view very inconsistent, that God’s covenant, which he had made with Abraham and his seed, should beco...
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...
MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A LION IN THE FOREST,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in pieces all it meets with. This expresses the clamours of t...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Ver. 8. _Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest._] Roaring against me, and revelling i...
_My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest_ Those that were my lambs and sheep, following me, their chief shepherd, and the guidance of those prophets and pastors whom I set over them, are become...
ISRAEL SPOILED BY THE ENEMIES...
Mine heritage is unto Me as a lion in the forest, presuming to rise up against Him like a beast of prey; IT CRIETH OUT AGAINST ME, roaring with hatred and rage, THEREFORE HAVE I HATED IT, His former l...
CRIETH OUT AGAINST ME: Or, yelleth. _Heb._ giveth out his voice...
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...
That is, the reason why my heart is alienated from them, is because they are altered; those that were as my sheep, following me their chief Shepherd, and the guidance of those prophets and pastors whi...
Jeremiah 12:8 heritage H5159 lion H738 forest H3293 out H5414 (H8804) H6963 hated H8130 (H8804) crie
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...
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):...
Amos 6:8; Hosea 9:15; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 51:38; Zechariah 11:8...
As a lion — Those that were my sheep, are become like lions....