Jeremias 15:7

7 E os padejei com a pá nas portas da terra; desfilhei, destruí o meu povo; não voltaram dos seus caminhos.

Jeremias 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:7

I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land
Either of their own land, the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint version, "in the gates of my people"; alluding to the custom of winnowing corn in open places; and by fanning is meant the dispersion of the Jews, and their being carried captive out of their own land into other countries: or of the land of the enemy, into their cities, as the Targum paraphrases it; gates being put for them frequently; whither they should be scattered by the fan of the Lord; for what was done by the enemy, as an instrument, is ascribed to him: I will bereave them of children;
which shall die of famine, or pestilence, or by the sword, or in captivity: I will destroy my people; which must be when children are cut off, by which families, towns, cities, and kingdoms, are continued and kept up; and this he was resolved to do, though they were his people: since they return not from their ways;
their evil ways, which they had gone into, forsaking the ways of God, and his worship: or, yet they return not from their ways
^F4; though fanned with the fan of affliction, bereaved of their children, and threatened with destruction: it expresses their obstinate continuance in their evil ways, and the reason of God's dealing with them as above.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wbv al Mhykrdm) "et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi", V. L. Diodatus, Genevenses.

Jeremias 15:7 In-Context

5 Pois quem se compadecerá de ti, ó Jerusalém? ou quem se entristecerá por ti? Quem se desviará para perguntar pela tua paz?

6 Tu me rejeitaste, diz o Senhor, voltaste para trás; por isso estenderei a minha mão contra ti, e te destruirei; estou cansado de me abrandar.

7 E os padejei com a pá nas portas da terra; desfilhei, destruí o meu povo; não voltaram dos seus caminhos.

8 As suas viúvas mais se me têm multiplicado do que a areia dos mares; trouxe ao meio-dia um destruidor sobre eles, até sobre a mãe de jovens; fiz que caísse de repente sobre ela angústia e terrores.

9 A que dava � luz sete se enfraqueceu: expirou a sua alma; pôs-se-lhe o sol sendo ainda dia; ela se confundiu, e se envergonhou; e os que ficarem deles eu os entregarei � espada, diante dos seus inimigos, diz o Senhor.