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Verse Jeremiah 12:9. Is _UNTO ME_ AS _A SPECKLED BIRD_] A bird of
_divers_ _colours_. This is a people who have corrupted the worship of
the true God with heathenish rites and ceremonies; therefore, t...
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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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SPECKLED BIRD. a bird of prey....
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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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MINE HERITAGE, &C.— Bochart and the LXX. read _Mine heritage is unto
me as the ravenous hyena; the ravenous beasts are round about it._ The
context seems indisputably to prove the propriety of this
in...
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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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Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about
are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come
to devour.
SPECKLED BIRD - [ ha`ayiT (H5861) tsaabuwa` (H664...
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12:9 prey; (c-11) According to others 'as a greedy hyena.'...
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1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
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MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A SPECKLED BIRD. — The Hebrew is
interrogative, _Is mine heritage..._? _Are the birds come round about
against her?_ The word for “bird” in both cases means a “bird of
prey...
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הַ עַ֨יִט צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י הַ
עַ֖יִט סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ לְכ֗וּ
אִסְפ֛וּ כָּל ־חַיַּ֥ת הַ...
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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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My heritage [is] to me [as] a (i) speckled bird, the birds around
[are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come
to devour.
(i) Instead of bearing my livery and wearing only m...
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_As a. Septuagint, "a den of the hyena:" Alexandrian, "robbers." Grabe
inserts, "or a den around it?" (Haydock) --- They have read auss, "a
den," instead of hait, "a bird." Bochart, (iii. 11.) however...
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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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The beginning of this verse is variously explained, Some think that a
kind of bird is here meant, which has various colors, one variegated,
which excites all other birds against itself; but this is wi...
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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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MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A SPECKLED BIRD,.... Or, "is not mine
heritage unto me as a speckled bird?" b as a bird of various colours,
delightful to look at, as the peacock, so Jerom interprets it he...
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Mine heritage [is] unto me [as] a speckled bird, the birds round about
[are] against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come
to devour.
Ver. 9. _Mine heritage is unto me as a speckle...
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_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...
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ISRAEL SPOILED BY THE ENEMIES...
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SPECKLED:
Or, taloned
COME TO DEVOUR:
Or, cause them to come...
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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, present...
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MINE HERITAGE IS UNTO ME AS A SPECKLED BIRD: the word in the Hebrew
signifies to dye, or colour, and interpreters are here divided,
whether to interpret it of a bird _coloured by nature_ (so our
trans...
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Jeremiah 12:9 heritage H5159 speckled H6641 vulture H5861 vultures
H5861 around H5439 Come H3212 (H8798) assemble H622 (H8798) beasts
H2416 field H7704 Bring H857 (H8685) devour H402
the birds - Jere...
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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...
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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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_Mine heritage is unto Me as a speckled bird._
A SPECKLED BIRD
Mine (God’s) heritage is unto Me as a speckled bird. As an owl, say
some, that loveth not the light; as a peacock, say others, as oft
c...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:9 The hyena and BIRDS represent
Babylon, the enemy who stalks Judah.
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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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2 Kings 24:2; Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel
39:17; Isaiah 56:9; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 7:33; Revelation 17:16;...
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The birds round about — It is usual for other birds to flock about a
strange coloured bird, such as they have not been used to see....