Jeremiah 12:7 · KJV
“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. {the dearly...: Heb. the love}”
— Jeremiah 12:7
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. {they have called...: or, they cried after thee fully} {fair...: Heb. good things}
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. {crieth...: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice}
Jeremiah 12 — Context
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and {if} in the land of peace, {wherein} thou trustedst, {they wearied thee}, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. {they have called...: or, they cried after thee fully} {fair...: Heb. good things}
7I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. {the dearly...: Heb. the love}
8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. {crieth...: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice}
9Mine heritage {is} unto me {as} a speckled bird, the birds round about {are} against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. {speckled: or, taloned} {come to: or, cause them to come to}
Cross References
Psalms 78:59-60
When God heard {this}, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Isaiah 2:6
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and {are} soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. {from...: or, more than the} {please...: or, abound with the}
Jeremiah 11:15
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, {seeing} she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. {What...: Heb. What is to my beloved in my house} {when...: or, when thy evil is}
Lamentations 2:1-22
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, {and} cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Hosea 9:15
All their wickedness {is} in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes {are} revolters.
Joel 3:2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and {for} my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Jeremiah 7:29
Cut off thine hair, {O Jerusalem}, and cast {it} away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Joel 2:15
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: