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Jeremiah 12:14
This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to Judah and Israel during a period of national judgment, declaring impending removal for those who seize His people's inheritance.
The words — שְׁכֵנַי (she.khe.Na/i) means "my neighbors" and נֹגְעִים (no.ge.'Im) means "who touch," describing those who lay hands on the land God allotted to Israel.
The thread — The removal of neighboring nations who plunder Israel appears in Jeremiah 49:7 and Zechariah 2:8, while the promised return to inheritance echoes in Jeremiah 3:18.
Why it lands — The text records God's direct judgment on those who exploit His people's inheritance and His parallel removal of Judah, demanding recognition that land and nation belong by divine grant, not human seizure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 3:18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
- Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Zephaniah 2:8 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Zechariah 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
- Deuteronomy 30:3 then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Psalms 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Jeremiah 2:3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 25:1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,