Jeremiah 12:12
high places—Before, He had threatened the plains; now, the hills.
wilderness—not an uninhabited desert, but high lands of pasturage, lying between Judea and Chaldea (Jeremiah 4:11).
10 “Many arulers have destroyed bMy vineyard,
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
They have ctrodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My1 pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it adesolate;
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
Desolate, it mourns to Me;
The whole land is made desolate,
Because bno one takes it to heart.
12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
13 aThey have1 sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
14 Thus says the Lord: “Against all My evil neighbors who atouch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit—behold, I will bpluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
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Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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