Jeremiah 12:7

⁵ 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?

⁶ 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.

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.

⁸ Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

⁹ Mine 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.
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.
WEB: “I have forsaken my house. I have cast off my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
ASV: I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
DARBY: I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
BLB: I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.

ÅB: Jeg har forlatt mitt hus, forkastet min arv; jeg har gitt min sjels elskede i hennes fienders hånd.
OTB: “Jeg har forlatt mitt hus, jeg har forlatt min arv; jeg har gitt min sjels elskede i hendene på hennes fiender.
B1930: Jeg har forlatt mitt hus, forkastet min arv; jeg har gitt min sjels elskede i hennes fienders hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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Psalms 78:59–60
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Ezekiel 24:21
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
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Jeremiah 7:14
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
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Ezekiel 7:20–21
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
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