Jeremiah 12:14 - Exposition

Here occurs a transition. The prophet comes forward with a denunciation in the name of Jehovah. All mine evil neighbors ; the hostile, peoples, mentioned, in 2 Kings 24:1-20 . My neighbors, because Jehovah "dwelleth in Zion." Pluck them out of their land ; viz. by deportation into a foreign land. Judah and the neighboring nations shall share the same fate. This is indicated by the use of the same verb "to pluck out" in the next clause with reference to Judah. In the ease of Judah, however, to be "plucked out" is a mercy as well as a judgment, considering who they are "out of" whose "midst" the Jews are "plucked."