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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-13

The people of the Jews are here marked for ruin. I. God is here brought in falling out with them and leaving them desolate; and they could never have been undone if they had not provoked God to desert them. It is a terrible word that God here says (Jer. 12:7): I have forsaken my house?the temple, which had been his palace; they had polluted it, and so forced him out of it: I have left my heritage, and will look after it no more. His people that he has taken such delight in, and care of, are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:12

The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness ,.... Of Judea; or which lay between Chaldea and Judea, through which the Chaldean army came; called here the "spoilers", because they spoiled and plundered all places where they came; nor could the high, strong, and fortified places withstand them, or escape their ravage and fury. De Dieu renders it, "upon all the plains in the wilderness"; where was pasture, land for cattle, as Kimchi serves; which were trodden down and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

The sword of the Lord shall devour - It is the sword of the Lord that has devoured, and will devour: this is what no man layeth to heart. They think these things come in the course of events. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

Verse 12 Jeremiah here proceeds farther — that no corner of the land would be exempt from the attacks of enemies. Desert is not put here for solitude not inhabited, but for high places; and as such places fbr the most part are fit for pastures, there is no doubt but that he means here secluded places. It is, however, sufficient for our present purpose to consider, that the desert; here is put in opposition to the level parts of the country. When, therefore, the enemies had rambled through the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-13

The hiding of God's face. Here is a most terrible condition of things set forth. It may be taken as telling of the calamities which ensue when God hides his face from his people. It is terrible every way. Because— I. OF HIM BY WHOM HIS FACE IS HIDDEN . It is God. We feel such conduct from our fellow-men according to our estimate of the person who manifests it. Now, all these facts which make the hiding of his face grievous to us meet in God—righteousness, goodness,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-17

A separate prophecy. The key to it is in 2 Kings 24:1 , 2 Kings 24:2 , 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, 2 Kings 24:7-13 and 2 Kings 24:14-17 . In the first we have a complaint of the desolation produced by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:12

Upon an high places thresh the wilderness ; rather, upon all bare heights in the wilderness (see on Jeremiah 3:2 ). Hardly with a reference to their pollution by idolatry; the mention of "the wilderness" (or pasture-country) suggests that it is merely a feature in the impoverishment of the country (a contrast to Isaiah 49:9 ). The sword of the Lord shall devour ; rather, the Lord hath a sword which devoureth . It is the heavenly sword ( Isaiah 34:5 ), the symbol of Divine... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

Through - in. Even these remote scaurs do not escape, polluted as they had been by the nation’s idolatries.Shall devour - Or, devoureth. These hosts of war come as Yahweh’s sword.No flesh shall have peace - “Flesh” in Genesis 6:3 means mankind as sinners; here, Judah. “Peace” in Hebrew has the wider signification of “welfare, happiness.” Hence, their salutation in life was, “Peace be to thee,” and in death “In Peace” was engraved upon their sepulchres. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 12:12-13

Jeremiah 12:12-13. The spoilers The Chaldean soldiers, described by the metaphor of a full wind of the high places, Jeremiah 4:11, are come upon all high places Have made themselves masters of all the natural fastnesses and artificial fortresses in the country. The prophet, as usual, speaks of a thing as already done, which was very shortly to be done. For the sword of the Lord shall devour Thus those people are called, whom God excited to invade Judea, as a punishment of the Jews for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

Jeremiah’s complaint; God’s answer (12:1-17)As he thinks back on the treachery of the people of Anathoth, Jeremiah is prompted to complain to God. Innocent people suffer, whereas wicked people live at ease. Why is it, he asks, that God allows the wicked to prosper? God gives them life and food, and they grow fat and prosperous, though their hearts are far from God (12:1-2). Jeremiah, by contrast, remains true to God, yet he suffers. Indeed, the whole land suffers because of the sins of people... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:7-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 12:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 12:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 12:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:1-17

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