Jeremiah 12:12

12 Over all the desert roads destroyers march; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no one is safe.

Jeremiah 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 12:12

The spoilers are come upon all high places through the
wilderness
Of Judea; or which lay between Chaldea and Judea, through which the Chaldean army came; called here the "spoilers", because they spoiled and plundered all places where they came; nor could the high, strong, and fortified places withstand them, or escape their ravage and fury. De Dieu renders it, "upon all the plains in the wilderness"; where was pasture, land for cattle, as Kimchi serves; which were trodden down and spoiled by the soldiers, and made forage of. For the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end; of the land
even the other end of the land;
the sword of the Chaldeans is called the sword of the Lord, because it was drawn by his order and appointment, and was succeeded by him to do execution; and the calamity which it brought upon the land reached from one end of it to the other, so general and; extensive it was. No flesh shall have peace;
no inhabitant of Judea shall be in safety, but be exposed to the sword, or to captivity.

Jeremiah 12:12 In-Context

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my field; they have reduced my treasured field to a desolate wilderness.

11 They have devastated her; desolate, she cries out to me in distress: "The whole land is desolate, and no one seems to care."

12 Over all the desert roads destroyers march; for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the land to the other; no one is safe.

13 They have sown wheat and reaped weeds; they have worn themselves out for nothing. They will be ashamed of their harvest on account of the LORD's fierce anger.

14 The LORD proclaims: The evil nations have seized the land that I gave my people Israel. I'm going to dig them up from their own lands, and I will dig up the people of Judah from among them.