OET interlinear JER 12:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance. I have given my beloved into the hands of her enemies.

(Some words not found in UHB: abandoned DOM house_of,my abandoned DOM inheritance_of,my I_give DOM beloved_of my_self_of,my in,the_palm_of enemies_of,her )

These three sentences have similar meanings. The first and second one strengthens the thought in the third.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I have abandoned my house; I have forsaken my inheritance

(Some words not found in UHB: abandoned DOM house_of,my abandoned DOM inheritance_of,my I_give DOM beloved_of my_self_of,my in,the_palm_of enemies_of,her )

The two phrases are metaphors in which Yahweh speaks of his people as if they were his “house” and his “inheritance.” Alternate translation: [I have abandoned my Israelite people, the people whom I chose to belong to me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) into the hands of her enemies

(Some words not found in UHB: abandoned DOM house_of,my abandoned DOM inheritance_of,my I_give DOM beloved_of my_self_of,my in,the_palm_of enemies_of,her )

Here the word “hands” represents control. Alternate translation: [to be conquered by her enemies] or [over to the control of her enemies]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) of her

(Some words not found in UHB: abandoned DOM house_of,my abandoned DOM inheritance_of,my I_give DOM beloved_of my_self_of,my in,the_palm_of enemies_of,her )

Here Yahweh refers to his people as a female by using a feminine pronoun. Alternate translation: [of their]