Amos 6:8; Hosea 9:15; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 51:38; Zechariah 11:8
Yahweh shows that the downfall of the nation was occasioned by no want of love on His part, but by the nation’s conduct. Left - More correctly,...
My heritage is to me as a (h) lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. (h) Ever ranting and raging against me and my...
The Desolation of Judah by her Neighbours, and their Future. This isolated prophecy is most naturally referred to the events of 2 Kings 24:1 f.,...
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God now shews the reason why he resolved to cast away the people; for it might appear at the first view very inconsistent, that God’s covenant,...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Mine heritage is unto me as a lion - The peopl...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion, &c.— "Judah hath exalted himself against me; he hath roared like a lion, and carried his wickedness to the...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Mine heritage is unto me - is become u...
1-4. The prosperity of the wicked perplexes Jeremiah.
The v. indicates the hostile attitude of the people to God.
As a lion in the forest. — i.e., fierce, wild, untamed, uttering its sharp yells of passion. That mood was utterly unlovable, and therefore, spea...
CHAPTER VII THE BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 11:1-23 and Jeremiah 12:1-17 THERE is no visible break between these two Chapter s. They seem to su...
Now we hear the prophet as he appealed to Jehovah to be his Defender, and. finally, we hear the divine determination. concerning his evil neighbors....
I hope that I do not use any violence to this passage, neither strain the holy scripture, when I say, that after everything which may be said, in all...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest ,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in piece...
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. Ver. 8. Mine heritage is unto me as a lion...
My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest Those that were my lambs and sheep, following me, their chief shepherd, and the guidance of those pr...
The State of Judah and Israel. B. C. 606....
That is, the reason why my heart is alienated from them, is because they are altered; those that were as my sheep, following me their chief Shepherd,...
YHWH Has Forsaken His House And Rejected His Heritage Because Of What It Has Become, And Their Evil Neighbours Will Also Be Punished, But Even For T...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter. See on chap. 11, Bleek’s theory; for which there is a weight of argument. All commenta...
Jeremiah 12:4 . He shall not see our last end. This is sadducean language, as Psalms 104:5 . “The Lord will not see, neither will the God of Jaco...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 12:1 Painfully exercised by the mysteries of the Divine government, the prophet opens his grief to Jehovah. Righteous a...
Israel Spoiled by the Enemies
Mine heritage is unto Me as a lion in the forest, presuming to rise up against Him like a beast of prey; it crieth out against Me, roaring with hat...
As a lion — Those that were my sheep, are become like lions.
8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.