Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 12:7

7 I have forsaken my house , I have left mine heritage , I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies .

God by his House here understandeth the Temple, which God is said here to have forsaken with respect to his gracious manifestations in it to the People that came thither to worship him.

By his heritage he means the whole body of the Israelites, called Gods Heritage not in this Chapter onely, but chap. 2.7. Ioel 2.17. Micah 7.14. whom God threateneth to leave with respect to hi[illegible: 1 letter] special Providence, by which he had taken care of them, upon which account Canaan is called the land which God cared for, Deut. 11.12. that is so cared for, as in comparison with them, he might seem to neglect all other countreys.

That is, he had given that nation which was once his dearly beloved into the hands or power of their Enemies.

Marginal references: Heb. the love.