Jeremiah 12:7

I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.

8My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:12And to Benjamin he said: The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell confidently in him: as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long, and between his shoulders shall be rest.

Psalms 78:59God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.

Psalms 106:40And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

Jeremiah 7:14I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the places which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.

Jeremiah 11:15What is the meaning that my beloved hath wrought muck wickedness in my house? shall the holy flesh take away from thee thy crimes, in which thou hast boasted?

Jeremiah 22:5But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:2-7

The Prophet's Appeal to God. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Righteous art thou, O Lord , when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O Lord , knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the… Read the whole commentary →

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