Jeremiah 12:11
it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays the matter to heart.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
Isaiah 57:1See how the just man has perished, and no one lays it to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.
Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this?
Jeremiah 9:11And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the families that have not called upon your name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate.
Jeremiah 14:2Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:8-14
The State of Judah and Israel. ( b. c. 606.) 7 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. 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. 9 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. 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they… Read the whole commentary →