Jeremiah 12:7

Jeremiah 12:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.

Context of Jeremiah 12:7

5If you have raced with runners and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan? 6Even your brothers — your own father’s family — even they were treacherous to you; even they have cried out loudly after you. Do not have confidence in them, though they speak well of you. I have abandoned my house; I have deserted my inheritance. I have handed the love of my life over to her enemies. 8My inheritance has behaved toward me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against me. Therefore, I hate her. 9Is my inheritance like a hyena to me? Are birds of prey circling her? Go, gather all the wild animals; bring them to devour her.

Jeremiah 12:7 word by word

עָזַ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בֵּיתִ֔י נָטַ֖שְׁתִּי אֶת־נַחֲלָתִ֑י נָתַ֛תִּי אֶת־יְדִד֥וּת נַפְשִׁ֖י בְּכַ֥ף אֹיְבֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• mine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• I have leftנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• mine heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the dearly belovedיְדִדוּתyedidûth · belovedH3033
• of my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• into the handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• of her enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:7

• Jeremiah 11:15What right does my beloved have to be in my house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can holy meat prevent your disaster so you can celebrate?
• Jeremiah 51:5For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord of Armies, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 2:6For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of divination from the East and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines. They are in league with foreigners.
• Psalms 78:59God heard and became furious; he completely rejected Israel.
• Hosea 9:15All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my house because of their evil, wicked actions. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
• Joel 2:15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly.
• Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there because of my people, my inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided up my land.
• Jeremiah 7:14what I did to Shiloh I will do to the house that bears my name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave you and your ancestors.
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Ezekiel 7:20He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their detestable images from them, their abhorrent things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy to them.
• Ezekiel 24:21Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
• Luke 21:24They will be killed by the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I 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 faithful. Into the hand of her enemies - This was a condition in the covenant I made with them; If they forsook me, they were to be abandoned to their enemies, and cast out of the good land I gave to their fathers.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 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 obedience, but become intractable and fierce, like an untamed lion. It has roared against God with open blasphemy. As His favor is life, so is His hatred death, i. e., Jerusalem‘s punishment shall be as if inflicted by one that hated her. Jeremiah…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 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, presenting a mixture of religion and the world, with its vain fashions, pursuits, and pollutions. God's people are as men wondered at, as a speckled bird; but this people had by their own folly made themselves so; and the beasts and birds are called to prey…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-13God referred to the people of Judah as his special possession, his dearest ones, his chosen people, and his vineyard. However, they became hostile to him, so they had to be given over to their enemies. The most severe justice they could face was for the Lord to withdraw and let them suffer the consequences of their evil actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I have forsaken--Jehovah will forsake His temple and the people peculiarly His. The mention of God's close tie to them, as heretofore His, aggravates their ingratitude, and shows that their past spiritual privileges will not prevent God from punishing them. beloved of my soul--image from a wife (Jr 11:15; Is 54:5).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings