Jeremías 12:7

7 He dejado mi casa, he abandonado mi heredad, he entregado a la amada de mi alma en manos de sus enemigos.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 12:7 In-Context

5 Si corriste con los de a pie y te cansaron, ¿cómo, pues, vas a competir con los caballos? Si caes en tierra de paz, ¿cómo te irá en la espesura del Jordán?

6 Porque también tus hermanos y la casa de tu padre, también ellos te han traicionado, también ellos han dado gritos en pos de ti; no les creas aunque te digan cosas agradables.

7 He dejado mi casa, he abandonado mi heredad, he entregado a la amada de mi alma en manos de sus enemigos.

8 Mi heredad vino a ser para mí como león en la selva; rugió contra mí; por tanto, la aborrecí.

9 ¿Es acaso mi heredad para mí como ave de rapiña de varios colores? ¿Están las aves de rapiña por todos lados contra ella? Id, reunid a todas las bestias del campo, traedlas para que la devoren.