Jeremiah 12:7
I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
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Deuteronomy 33:12Of Benjamin he said: — The beloved of Jehovah doth tabernacle confidently by him, Covering him over all the day; Yea, between his shoulders He doth tabernacle.
Psalms 78:59God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
Psalms 106:40And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance.
Jeremiah 7:14I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 11:15What — to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.
Jeremiah 22:5And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn — an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for 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 →