Jeremiah 12:14

Jeremiah 12:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the people of Judah from among them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: "Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

Context of Jeremiah 12:14

12Soldiers will march over the hills in the wilderness. They will come to destroy the whole land. I, the Lord, will use them as my weapon. I will punish everyone. Nobody will be safe. 13My people will plant seeds of wheat, but they will only have weeds at harvest time. They will work very hard, but they will get nothing. At harvest time, they will have no crops to be proud of. Because I am very angry, they will not have any food.’ This is what the Lord says: ‘I will punish the wicked nations that came to attack the land of my people. It was the land that I gave to Israel's people to be their home. But those enemies destroyed it. So I will remove them from their own lands. I will rescue the people of Judah from among them. 15But after I have removed those nations, I will return to help them. I will be kind to them. I will bring them back to the countries where they belong. Each nation will return to live in its own land. 16But they must learn to live in the way that my people live. At one time they taught my people to use Baal's name when they made promises. But now they must give honour to me as the true God. When they make a promise, they must say, “I promise to do this, as surely as the Lord lives.” If they do these things, they will belong among my people.

Jeremiah 12:14 word by word

כֹּ֣ה׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל־כָּל־שְׁכֵנַי֙ הָֽרָעִ֔ים הַנֹּֽגְעִים֙ בַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִנְחַ֥לְתִּי אֶת־עַמִּ֖י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנְנִ֤י נֹֽתְשָׁם֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמָתָ֔ם וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶתּ֥וֹשׁ מִתּוֹכָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• against all mine evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• neighboursשָׁכֵןshâkên · neighborH7934
• that touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• which I have caused my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• to inheritנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• Behold, I will pluck them outנָתַשׁnâthash · to uprootH5428
• of their landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• from amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Jeremiah 12:14

• Jeremiah 48:26‘Moab has turned against me. So my anger will make him like a person who is drunk. He will lie down in the place where he has been sick. People will laugh at him.
• Jeremiah 50:9I will call a group of strong nations from the north. They will join together to fight against Babylon. They will get ready to attack. They will come from the north and they will take power over Babylon. Their arrows will be like brave soldiers. They will kill everyone that they want to kill.
• Jeremiah 51:33The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: Babylon is like a threshing floor that is ready for people to stamp on wheat. The harvest time will soon come! Then the enemy will cut down Babylon, and they will stamp all over it!’
• Ezekiel 25:3Say to them, “Listen to this message from the Almighty Lord. This is what he says: You shouted happily when enemies made my holy place unclean. You were happy when the land of Israel became an empty place. And you were happy when Judah's people went away as prisoners to a foreign country.
• Amos 1:2Amos said, ‘The Lord speaks loudly from Zion. Yes, he shouts from Jerusalem. As a result, the green fields will become dry and the grass will die. There will be nothing for the sheep to eat. Even the grass on Mount Carmel mountain will die.’
• Zephaniah 2:8The Lord of all his armies says, ‘I have heard the cruel people in the countries called Moab and Ammon. They laugh about you and they say cruel things about you, my people. They have thought that they were greater than you. They have come against you.’
• Jeremiah 2:3At that time, Israel belonged to me as my special people. They were like the first crops that grew on my land. I promised to punish anyone who tried to hurt them. I sent great trouble to those who attacked you. That is what I, the Lord, have said.” ’
• Jeremiah 49:1The Lord gave this message about the people of Ammon: ‘There are plenty of Israel's descendants who are still alive. They are strong enough to live in the land that is their home. So why have people who worship the god Molech moved in to the land of Gad's tribe? They should not be living in towns that belong to Gad's people.’
• Psalms 105:15He said, ‘Do not even touch the people that I have chosen to be mine. Do not hurt my prophets.’
• Obadiah 1:10This will happen because you were cruel to your brother Jacob (the people in Israel). God will make you ashamed because of this and you will die.
• Zechariah 1:15I am very angry with the countries that are safe and without danger. Those countries were too cruel to my people, when I was only a little angry with Jerusalem.”
• Zechariah 2:8Return because the Lord says, ‘Anyone that attacks you is attacking the Lord's people. He is attacking the people that the Lord loves.’ So the Lord Almighty sent me, Zechariah, with this message about the countries that have robbed his people.
• Zechariah 12:2‘I will frighten the enemies that live round Jerusalem. I will frighten them so much that they will run. They will run as fast as they can from Jerusalem and from Judah.
• Jeremiah 48:1The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, spoke this message about Moab: ‘Nebo city is in terrible trouble! It will soon become a heap of stones. The people of Kiriathaim city will be ashamed. Its enemies will take it for themselves. They will knock down its strong buildings, and its people will be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 50:1The Lord gave this message to the prophet Jeremiah about Babylon city and the people of Babylonia:
• Jeremiah 51:1The Lord says this: ‘I will send an enemy to destroy Babylon and the people of Babylonia. It will come like a strong wind that blows them away.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 12:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Against all mine evil neighbors - All the neighboring nations who have united in desolating Judea shall be desolated in their turn: they also are wicked, and they shall be punished. If I make them executors of my justice, it is to them no proof of my approbation. God often uses one wicked nation to scourge another; and afterwards scourges the scourger by some other scourge. In some places a felon who was condemned to be hanged is made the common hangman…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The prophet addresses the spoilers. Evil neighbors - The Syrians, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Philistines, who at all times took advantage of Judah‘s weakness. The special mercy to Judah was the prelude to mercy to the whole Gentile world.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-17Verses 14-17 The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbours. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they should learn true religion. This seems to look forward to the times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. Those who would have their lot with God's people, and a last end like theirs, must learn their ways, and walk in them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14No evil nation would escape God's punishment, not even those He used to punish Judah. He would remove them. The Lord would also uproot (remove) Judah, but this refers positively to freeing them from exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1714-17. Prophecy as to the surrounding nations, the Syrians, Ammonites, &c., who helped forward Judah's calamity: they shall share her fall; and, on their conversion, they shall share with her in the future restoration. This is a brief anticipation of the predictions in the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth chapters. touch--(Zec 2:8). pluck them out ... pluck out ... Judah--(Compare end of Jr 12:16). During the thirteen years that the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 12:14

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

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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