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I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have handed the beloved of My soul Over to her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have abandoned My house, I have given up My [precious] inheritance (Judah); I have given the [dearly] beloved of My life Into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have abandoned my house; I have deserted my inheritance. I have handed the love of my life over to her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have abandoned My house; I have deserted My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I loved my people and chose them as my very own. But now I will reject them and hand them over to their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I have forsaken mine house, I have cast off mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I have abandoned my nation. I have left my own people. I have handed the people I love over to their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "I have abandoned Israel; I have rejected my chosen nation. I have given the people I love into the power of their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll forsake my house, I'll abandon my inheritance. I'll give the beloved of my heart into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I have forsaken my house. I have cast off my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house, "" I have left My inheritance, "" I have given the beloved of My soul "" Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I forsook my house, I rejected mine inheritance; I gave the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“I have abandoned my house. I have disowned my inheritance. I have given my beloved soul into the hand of its enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have abandoned my house, cast off my heritage; The beloved of my soul I have delivered into the hand of her foes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my heart into the hands of her enemies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have forsaken my house! I have forsaken my inheritance! I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3718" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/12.htm">God's Answer to Jeremiah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zaḇ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">I have forsaken</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">My house;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5203.htm" title="5203: nā·ṭaš·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. Smite; by implication to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon.">I have abandoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">My inheritance.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I have given</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3033.htm" title="3033: yə·ḏi·ḏūṯ (N-fsc) -- Love. From ydiyd; properly, affection; concretely, a darling object.">the love</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">of My life</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: bə·ḵap̄ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">into the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇe·hā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">of her enemies.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12</a></span><br />Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Isaiah 50:1</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18</a></span><br />When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-6.htm">Isaiah 54:6-7</a></span><br />For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God. / “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-9.htm">Hosea 1:9</a></span><br />And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm">2 Kings 21:14</a></span><br />So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6</a></span><br />For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Psalm 78:59-60</a></span><br />On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. / He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-2</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Ezekiel 8:6</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-19</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a></span><br />He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.</p><p class="hdg">have forsaken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Jeremiah 11:15</a></b></br> What hath my beloved to do in mine house, <i>seeing</i> she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-5.htm">Jeremiah 51:5</a></b></br> For Israel <i>hath</i> not <i>been</i> forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Isaiah 2:6</a></b></br> Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and <i>are</i> soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.</p><p class="hdg">I have given.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14</a></b></br> Therefore will I do unto <i>this</i> house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1</a></b></br> How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, <i>and</i> cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Ezekiel 7:20,21</a></b></br> As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations <i>and</i> of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them… </p><p class="hdg">dearly beloved.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Dearly</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Love</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm">Abandon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Dearly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-14.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-18.htm">Love</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of the prosperity of the wicked, by faith sees their ruin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">God admonishes him of his brothers' treachery against him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">and laments his heritage.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">He promises to the penitent return from captivity.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This is a powerful declaration from God, indicating a deliberate withdrawal of His presence and favor. Historically, "My house" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. The temple was not just a physical structure but symbolized God's dwelling among His people. The forsaking of the temple signifies a profound judgment due to the people's persistent disobedience and idolatry. This abandonment is not permanent but serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>I have abandoned My inheritance</b><br />The term "inheritance" in Hebrew is "נַחֲלָה" (nachalah), often used to describe the land of Israel, which God gave to His people as a perpetual possession. This phrase underscores the gravity of Israel's sin, as God is depicted as abandoning His chosen people, whom He had set apart as His own. The historical context here is crucial; Israel's identity and security were deeply tied to their land, which was a tangible sign of God's covenant with them. The abandonment of His inheritance is a severe act of judgment, reflecting the broken relationship between God and His people due to their unfaithfulness.<p><b>I have given the beloved of My soul</b><br />The phrase "beloved of My soul" uses the Hebrew word "יְדִידוּת" (yedidut), which conveys deep affection and love. This term highlights the intimate relationship God desires with His people, akin to a deep, personal bond. Despite Israel's waywardness, they are still referred to as "beloved," indicating God's enduring love and the pain of their separation. This phrase serves as a poignant reminder of the depth of God's love and the sorrow that accompanies His judgment. It reflects the heart of a loving Father who is grieved by the necessity of discipline.<p><b>into the hands of her enemies</b><br />The "hands of her enemies" signifies the power and control that foreign nations would exert over Israel as a result of their disobedience. Historically, this refers to the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites were taken captive and their land was ravaged. Theologically, this serves as a fulfillment of the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where God warned of the consequences of turning away from Him. This phrase underscores the reality of divine justice and the seriousness of sin, yet it also points to the hope of restoration, as God's ultimate purpose is to bring His people back to Himself through repentance and renewal.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">I have forsaken mine house.</span>--The speaker is clearly Jehovah, but the connection with what precedes is not clear. Possibly we have, in this chapter, what in the writings of a poet would be called fragmentary pieces, written at intervals, and representing different phases of thought, and afterwards arranged without the devices of headings and titles and spaces with which modern bookmaking has made us familiar. So far as a sequence of thought is traceable, it is this, "Thou complainest of thine own sufferings, but there are worse things yet in store for thee; and what after all are thine, as compared with those that I, Jehovah, have brought upon mine heritage, dear as it is to me?"<p><span class= "bld">I have left.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">I have cast away.</span><p><span class= "bld">Into the hand.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">the palm, </span>as given over utterly, unable to resist, and not needing the "grasp<span class= "ital">" </span>of the whole hand.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7-17.</span> - A separate prophecy. The key to it is in <a href="/2_kings/24-1.htm">2 Kings 24:1, 2</a>, where it is related that, after Jehoiakim's rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, "Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it." The prophecy falls into two strophes or sections, Vers. 7-13 and Vers. 14-17. In the first we have a complaint of the desolation produced by the guerilla warfare; in the second, a prediction of the captivity of the hostile peoples, not, however, without a prospect of their return home and conversion to Jehovah. It is evident enough that this passage stands in no connection with what precedes. The whole tone is that of a description of present scenes and not of the future. Sometimes, no doubt, a prophet, in the confidence of faith, represents the future as though it were already past; but there is always something in the context to determine the reference and prevent ambiguity. Here, however, there is nothing to indicate that the description relates to the future; and it is followed by a prediction which presupposes that the preceding passage refers to the literal past. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have forsaken mine house</span>. The "house" is here not the temple, but the people of Israel, as the parallel clause shows (see <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Hosea 8:1</a>, and setup. <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a>). Jehovah, not the prophet, is evidently the speaker. <span class="cmt_word">I have left</span>; rather, <span class="accented">I have east away</span>. <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>Into the hand of her enemies.</span> The Hebrew is more expressive: "Into the palm of the hand." Bonomi ('Nineveh and her Palaces,' p. 191) has an engraving from the monuments of guests at a banquet, holding their drinking-vessels in the deeply hollowed palm of their hand. So here the people of Israel, in her weak, fainting state, needs only to be held in the quiet pressure of the palm of the hand. The remark and the illustration are due to Dr. Payne Smith. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I have forsaken</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזַ֙בְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zaḇ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My house;</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּיתִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have abandoned</span><br /><span class="heb">נָטַ֖שְׁתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṭaš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5203.htm">Strong's 5203: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My inheritance.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲלָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have given</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֛תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the love</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדִד֥וּת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏi·ḏūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3033.htm">Strong's 3033: </a> </span><span class="str2">Affection, a darling object</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My life</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the hands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of her enemies.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיְבֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yə·ḇe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 12:7 I have forsaken my house I have (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/12-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 12:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 12:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>