Jeremiah 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

I have forsaken mine house - Yahweh will forsake His temple and the people peculiarly His ("mine heritage"). The mention of God's close tie to them, as heretofore His, aggravates their ingratitude, and shows that their past spiritual privileges will not prevent God from punishing them.

Beloved of my soul - image from a wife (Jeremiah 11:15; Isaiah 54:5).

Jeremiah 12:7

7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.