John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 6:12

"And their houses shall be turned unto others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah." — Jeremiah 6:12 (ASV)

And their houses shall be turned to others
To strangers, to the Chaldeans; they shall be transferred to them, come into their hands, and become their property: with their fields and wives together :
not only their houses and lands shall be taken away from them, and put to the use of others, but even their wives; than which nothing could be more distressing:

for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, says
the Lord ;
the inhabitants of the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint render it, "upon them that inhabit this land"; and so the Arabic version: so, since the Lord would exert himself in this affair, and stretch out his hand of almighty power, as the Targum paraphrases it, ``I will lift up the stroke of my power;'' it might be depended upon that all this destruction threatened would come on them.