John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 12:8
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest ,.... Which roars, and terrifies passengers from going that way; and which rends and tears in pieces all it meets with. This expresses the clamours of these people against God and his providences, and their rage, fierceness, and cruelty, against his prophets, sent in his name. It crieth out against me ; this is to be understood not of the cry of the oppressed through violence, for this is a cry to God, and not against him; or of idolaters... read more
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