John Trapp on Jeremiah 12:7
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Jeremiah12:7
Ver. 7. I have forſaken my houſe] A mans houſe is dear to him; dearer his heritage; deareſt his well-beloved wife: Jeruſalem had been all this to God: but now for ſin, abandoned by him.
I have given the dearly beloved of my ſoul] Or, my dearly beloved; my ſoul: i. e. My ſelf, my ſecond-ſelf. Heb. the love of my ſoul. Gr. and Vulg. My beloved ſoul. God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth, Nah. 1.2.
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