Jeremias 12:7

7 Desamparei a minha casa, abandonei a minha herança; entreguei a amada da minha alma na mão de seus inimigos.

Jeremias 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 12:7

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 ^F1 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 3.

Jeremias 12:7 In-Context

5 Se te fatigas correndo com homens que vão a pé, então como poderás competir com cavalos? Se foges numa terra de paz, como hás de fazer na soberba do Jordão?

6 Pois até os teus irmãos, e a casa de teu pai, eles mesmos se houveram aleivosamente contigo; eles mesmos clamam após ti em altas vozes. Não te fies neles, ainda que te digam coisas boas.

7 Desamparei a minha casa, abandonei a minha herança; entreguei a amada da minha alma na mão de seus inimigos.

8 Tornou-se a minha herança para mim como leão numa floresta; levantou a sua voz contra mim, por isso eu a odeio.

9 Acaso é para mim a minha herança como uma ave de rapina de varias cores? Andam as aves de rapina contra ela em redor? Ide, pois, ajuntai a todos os animais do campo, trazei-os para a devorarem.