Jeremias 12:7

7 “Abandonei a minha família,deixei a minha propriedadee entreguei aquela a quem amonas mãos dos 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.

---

FOOTNOTES:

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

Jeremias 12:7 In-Context

5 “Se você correu com homense eles o cansaram,como poderá competir com cavalos?Se você tropeça em terreno seguro,o que fará nos matagais junto ao Jordão?

6 Até mesmo os seus irmãose a sua própria família traíram vocêe o perseguem aos gritos.Não confie neles,mesmo quando dizem coisas boas.

7 “Abandonei a minha família,deixei a minha propriedadee entreguei aquela a quem amonas mãos dos seus inimigos.

8 O povo de minha propriedade tornou-se para mimcomo um leão na floresta.Ele ruge contra mim,por isso eu o detesto.

9 O povo de minha propriedade tornou-se para mimcomo uma toca de hiena,sobre a qual pairam as aves de rapina.Reúnam todos os animais selvagens;tragam-nos para o banquete.