Geremia 12:7

7 IO ho lasciata la mia Casa, io ho abbandonata la mia eredità; io ho dato l’amor dell’anima mia nelle mani de’ suoi nemici.

Geremia 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.

Geremia 12:7 In-Context

5 Se, correndo co’ pedoni, essi ti hanno stanco, come ti rimescolerai co’ cavalli? e se hai sol fidanza in terra di pace, come farai, quando il Giordano sarà gonfio?

6 Perciocchè, eziandio i tuoi fratelli, e que’ della casa di tuo padre, si son portati dislealmente teco; ed essi ancora hanno a grida radunata la moltitudine dietro a te; non fidarti di loro, quando ti daranno buone parole.

7 IO ho lasciata la mia Casa, io ho abbandonata la mia eredità; io ho dato l’amor dell’anima mia nelle mani de’ suoi nemici.

8 La mia eredità mi è stata come un leone nel bosco; ha data fuori la sua voce contro a me; perciò l’ho odiata.

9 La mia eredità mi è stata come un uccello vaiolato; o uccelli, venite contro a lei d’ogn’intorno; andate, radunatevi, voi tutte le fiere della campagna, venite per mangiare.