They have made it desolate, practically an uninhabited desert, and being desolate, it moumeth unto Me, making a lament of sadness over the punishment which had come upon it. The whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart, there had been none to turn to the Lord in true repentance.
Verse Jeremiah 12:11. _NO MAN LAYETH_ IT _TO HEART._] Notwithstanding all these desolations, from which the land every where mourns, and which are so plainly the consequences of the people's crimes,...
DESOLATE - The force of the protest lies in this word. Thrice the prophet uses it. LAYETH IT TO HEART - Rather, laid it “to heart.” The desolate land must put up its silent cry to God, because the pe...
CHAPTER 12 The Prophet's Prayer and the House Forsaken, Yet Compassion _ 1. The prophet's prayer (Jeremiah 12:1) 2. The house forsaken, yet compassion (Jeremiah 12:7) _ Jeremiah 12:1. In his outburs...
THE DESOLATION OF JUDAH BY HER NEIGHBOURS, AND THEIR FUTURE. This isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings 24:1 f., when Jehoiakim had revolted against Nebuchadrezzar (_c....
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14....
Jeremiah 12:7-17. Devastation of Judah to be wrought by hostile neighbours, who shall be punished by exile unless they submit to the God of Israel Jehovah in pathetic language deplores the necessity...
_unto me_ lit. _upon me_, i.e. to my sorrow. Dr. quotes the parallel in Genesis 48:7. _layeth it to heart_ i.e. has taken warning in time....
BEING DESOLATE, IT MOURNETH UNTO ME— _Lo! it mourneth because it is made desolate._ An elegant figure, whereby the prophet expresses the lamentable condition of the land. _No man layeth it to heart._...
IV. THE PAIN OF GOD Jeremiah 12:7-13 TRANSLATION (7) I have forsaken My house, I have left My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. (8) My inheritance has be...
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. MOURNETH UNTO ME - i:e., before me. Eichorn translates, 'by...
1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah....
THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE. — The Hebrew is impersonal. “_One has made it...,” i.e., it is made desolate._ As in other poetry of strong emotion, the prophet dwells with a strange solemn iteration on t...
שָׂמָהּ֙ לִ שְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה...
CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1 and Jeremiah 12:1 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to summarise the history of a particular episode in the prophet's car...
Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors. This peril was revealed to him by Jehovah. It was...
They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth (l) [it] to heart. (l) Because no man regards my word, or the plagues that I...
_Heart, to seek God and the cause of their misfortunes._...
I hope that I do not use any violence to this passage, neither strain the holy scripture, when I say, that after everything which may be said, in allusion here to Israel, I venture to consider somewha...
There is a change of number in the verb שם _shem; _but there is no obscurity: for the Prophet means, that the Jews would be exposed to the outrage of all, so that every one would plunder and lay waste...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Chapter 11 suggests some observations. God addresses Himself again to Israel on the ground of their responsibility, reminding them of the call to o...
THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE,.... Which is repeated to denote the certainty of it; astonishment at it, and that it might be observed: AND BEING DESOLATE IT MOURNETH UNTO ME; not the inhabitants of it f...
They have made it desolate, [and being] desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth [it] to heart. Ver. 11. _Because no man layeth it to heart._] Heb., There...
_Many pastures have destroyed my vineyard Many eaters_, or _devourers_, as Dr. Waterland translates רעים רבים, by which the Chaldee Paraphrast understands the generals of the Chaldean army, an interpr...
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, presen...
THEY HAVE MADE IT DESOLATE, Heb. _He hath made it desolate_; but it cannot be meant of God, for it is God that speaketh, and God is he mentioned in the next words: it must therefore either be understo...
Jeremiah 12:11 made H7760 (H8804) desolate H8076 Desolate H8077 mourns H56 (H8804) land H776 desolate H8074 ...
YHWH HAS FORSAKEN HIS HOUSE AND REJECTED HIS HERITAGE BECAUSE OF WHAT IT HAS BECOME, AND THEIR EVIL NEIGHBOURS WILL ALSO BE PUNISHED, BUT EVEN FOR THEM THERE WILL BE HOPE IN THE FUTURE IF THEY TURN TO...
CONTENTS: Message on the broken covenant, concluded. Jeremiah's complaint to God and God's rebuke. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: When we find it hard to understand God's providences toward w...
Jeremiah 12:4. _He shall not see our last end._ This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5. “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard.” This species of atheism blunts the edge of t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 12:10 SHEPHERDS HAVE DESTROYED MY VINEYARD. On God’s people as his vineyard, see note on Isa. 5:1. Judah’s leaders have misled God’s people, resulting in oppression and judgm...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commentators agree to connect Jeremiah 12:1 with the conclusi...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous art thou, etc.; rather, _Righteous wouldest thou be_,_ O Jeho...
Now Jeremiah goes on and he is talking now about the situation, the wicked man Jehoahaz that is in power. And he begins by saying, Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee (Jeremiah 12:1):...
Ecclesiastes 7:2; Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 57:1; Jeremiah 10:22;...
They — Heb. He hath made it desolate: but it cannot be meant of God, for it is God that speaketh, and God is he mentioned in the next words; it must therefore either be understood of Nebuchadnezzar, t...