Jeremías 12:11

11 La tornó en asolamiento, lloró contra mí, asolada; fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirara

Jeremías 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it desolate
Which is repeated to denote the certainty of it; astonishment at it, and that it might be observed: and being desolate it mourneth unto me;
not the inhabitants of it for their sins, the cause of this desolation; but the land itself, because of the calamities upon it; it crying to God, in its way, for a restoration to its former beauty and glory. The whole land is made desolate;
it was not only the case of Jerusalem, and the parts adjacent, but even of the whole land of Judea: because no man layeth it to heart,
took any notice of the judgment threatened, foretold by the prophets; nor repented of their sins, for which they were threatened with such a desolation; nor even were properly affected with the destruction itself; the earth seemed more sensible of it than they were; this expresses the great stupidity of this people.

Jeremías 12:11 In-Context

9 ¿Me es por ventura mi heredad ave de muchos colores? ¿No están contra ella aves en derredor? Venid, reuníos, vosotras todas las bestias del campo, venid a devorarla

10 Muchos pastores destruyeron mi viña, hollaron mi heredad, tornaron en desierto y soledad mi heredad preciosa

11 La tornó en asolamiento, lloró contra mí, asolada; fue asolada toda la tierra, porque no hubo hombre que mirara

12 Sobre todos los lugares altos del desierto vinieron disipadores; porque la espada del SEÑOR devorará desde un extremo de la tierra hasta el otro; no hay paz para ninguna carne

13 Sembraron panes, y segarán espinas; tuvieron la heredad, mas no aprovecharon nada; se avergonzarán a causa de vuestros frutos por la ira del SEÑOR