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Jeremiah 12:7

"I have abandoned My house, I have given up My [precious] inheritance (Judah); I have given the [dearly] beloved of My life Into the hands of her enemies.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   God Continued...;   Jeremiah;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Heritage;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Winter ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Church;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beloved;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple in Rabbinical Literature;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have abandoned my house;I have deserted my inheritance.I have handed the love of my lifeover to her enemies.
Hebrew Names Version
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
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.
English Standard Version
"I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
New American Standard Bible
"I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have handed the beloved of My soul Over to her enemies.
New Century Version
"I have left Israel; I have left my people. I have given the people I love over to their enemies.
World English Bible
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue forsaken mine house: I haue left mine heritage: I haue giuen the dearely beloued of my soule into the hands of her enemies.
Legacy Standard Bible
"I have forsaken My house;I have abandoned My inheritance;I have given the beloved of My soulInto the hand of her enemies.
Berean Standard Bible
I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
Contemporary English Version
I loved my people and chose them as my very own. But now I will reject them and hand them over to their enemies.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I have abandoned my house, I have rejected my heritage, I have given my heart's beloved over to the hands of her foes.
Darby Translation
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Easy-to-Read Version
"I have abandoned my house. I have left my own property. I have given Judah, the one I love, to her enemies.
George Lamsa Translation
I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Good News Translation
The Lord says, "I have abandoned Israel; I have rejected my chosen nation. I have given the people I love into the power of their enemies.
Lexham English Bible
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my inheritance. I have given the beloved one of my heart into the hand of her enemies.
Literal Translation
I have forsaken My house; I have left My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for me (saye I) I haue forsaken myne owne dwellinge place, and left myne heretage. My life also that I loue so wel, haue I geuen in to the hodes of myne enemies.
American Standard Version
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Bible in Basic English
I have given up my house, I have let my heritage go; I have given the loved one of my soul into the hands of her haters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.
King James Version (1611)
I haue forsaken mine house: I haue left mine heritage: I haue giuen the dearely beloued of my soule into the hand of her enemies.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for me [I say] I haue forsaken mine owne dwellyng place, and left mine heritage: my lyfe also that I loue so well, haue I geuen into the handes of myne enemies.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.
English Revised Version
I have forsaken mine house, I have cast off mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I haue left myn hous, Y haue forsake myn eritage; Y yaf my loued soule in to the hondis of enemyes therof.
Update Bible Version
I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
New English Translation
"I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies.
New King James Version
"I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.
New Living Translation
"I have abandoned my people, my special possession. I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.
New Life Bible
"I have left My house. I have left My chosen nation. I have given the loved one of My soul into the hand of those who hate her.
New Revised Standard
I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my heart into the hands of her enemies.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I have forsaken mine own house, I have given up mine inheritance, - I have delivered the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies:
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the hand of her enemies.
Revised Standard Version
"I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.
Young's Literal Translation
I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.
THE MESSAGE
"I will abandon the House of Israel, walk away from my beloved people. I will turn over those I most love to those who are her enemies. She's been, this one I held dear, like a snarling lion in the jungle, Growling and baring her teeth at me— and I can't take it anymore. Has this one I hold dear become a preening peacock? But isn't she under attack by vultures? Then invite all the hungry animals at large, invite them in for a free meal! Foreign, scavenging shepherds will loot and trample my fields, Turn my beautiful, well-cared-for fields into vacant lots of tin cans and thistles. They leave them littered with junk— a ruined land, a land in lament. The whole countryside is a wasteland, and no one will really care.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.

Contextual Overview

7"I have abandoned My house, I have given up My [precious] inheritance (Judah); I have given the [dearly] beloved of My life Into the hands of her enemies.8"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has raised her voice and roared against Me; So I have come to [treat her as if I] hate her. 9"Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me [unlike the others]? Are the birds of prey (enemies) surrounding her on every side? Go, gather all the [wild] beasts of the field; Bring them to devour [her]! 10"Many shepherds (invaders) have destroyed My vineyard (Judah), They have trampled My field underfoot; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. 11"They have made it a wasteland, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made a wasteland, Because no man takes it to heart. 12"Destroyers have come On all the caravan roads in the desert, For the sword of the LORD (Babylon) is devouring From one end of the land even to the other; No one has peace or a way of escape. 13"They have planted wheat but have reaped thorns; They have exhausted themselves but without profit. So be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce and raging anger of the LORD."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have forsaken: Jeremiah 11:15, Jeremiah 51:5, Isaiah 2:6, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 78:60, Hosea 9:15, Joel 2:15, Joel 3:2

I have given: Jeremiah 7:14, Lamentations 2:1-22, Ezekiel 7:20, Ezekiel 7:21, Ezekiel 24:21, Luke 21:24

dearly beloved: Heb. love

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:9 - therefore 2 Kings 21:14 - And I will Isaiah 6:12 - a great Jeremiah 23:33 - I Jeremiah 50:7 - have devoured Jeremiah 51:19 - the rod Lamentations 1:5 - adversaries Zephaniah 2:1 - O nation

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every [ceremonially] clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 12:8
Then he moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
Genesis 12:9
Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah).
Genesis 12:12
so when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me [to acquire you], but they will let you live.
Genesis 13:4
where he had first built an altar; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD [in prayer].
Genesis 13:15
for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram broke camp and moved his tent, and came and settled by the [grove of the great] terebinths (oak trees) of Mamre [the Amorite], which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to [honor] the LORD.
Genesis 15:18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face [in worship], and God spoke with him, saying,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have forsaken my house,.... The temple, where the Lord took up his residence, and vouchsafed his presence to his people; this was fulfilled in the first temple, when it was destroyed by the Chaldeans; and more fully in the second, when Christ took his leave of it, Matthew 23:38 and when that voice was heard in it, a little before the destruction of Jerusalem, as Josephus a relates,

"let us go hence.''

So the Targum,

"I have forsaken the house of my sanctuary.''

I have left mine heritage: the people whom he had chosen for his inheritance, whom he prized and valued, took care of, and protected as such; see Deuteronomy 32:9.

I have given the dearly beloved of my soul; whom he heartily loved and delighted in, and who were as dear to him as the apple of his eye:

into the hands of her enemies; the Chaldeans. This prophecy represents the thing as if it was already done, because of the certainty of it, and to awaken the Jews out of their lethargy and stupidity; and by the characters which the Lord gives of them it appears what ingratitude they had been guilty of, and that their ruin was owing to themselves and their sins.

a De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yahweh shows that the downfall of the nation was occasioned by no want of love on His part, but by the nation’s conduct.

Left - More correctly, cast away.

Jeremiah 12:8

Judah has not merely refused obedience, but become intractable and fierce, like an untamed lion. It has roared against God with open blasphemy. As His favor is life, so is His hatred death, i. e., Jerusalem’s punishment shall be as if inflicted by one that hated her.

Jeremiah 12:9

Rather, “Is My heritage unto Me as a speckled bird? Are the birds upon her round about? Come, assemble all the wild beasts: bring them to devour her.” By “a speckled” or parti-colored “bird” is probably meant some kind of vulture.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 12:7. I have forsaken mine house — I have abandoned my temple.

I have given the dearly beloved of my soul — The people once in covenant with me, and inexpressibly dear to me while faithful.

Into the hand of her enemies. — This was a condition in the covenant I made with them; If they forsook me, they were to be abandoned to their enemies, and cast out of the good land I gave to their fathers.


 
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