Éxodo 33:4

4 Cuando el pueblo oyó esta mala noticia, hicieron duelo, y ninguno de ellos se puso sus atavíos.

Éxodo 33:4 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:4

And when the people heard these evil tidings
That God would withdraw his gracious presence, and go not up with them himself, only send an angel with them; and especially this may respect what is threatened, ( Exodus 33:5 ) and had been said at this time:

they mourned;
were inwardly and heartily grieved for their sin, whereby they had provoked the Lord to depart from them, and gave some outward and open tokens of it:

and no man did put on his ornaments;
they used to wear at other times, their rings and jewels, which the princes and the chief among the people especially were wont to wear; and in common the people did not put on their best clothes, or what they usually wore, but clothed themselves in mournful habits, in sackcloth and ashes, or in some such like manner.

Éxodo 33:4 In-Context

2 Y enviaré un ángel delante de ti, y echaré fuera al cananeo, al amorreo, al heteo, al ferezeo, al heveo y al jebuseo.

3 Sube a una tierra que mana leche y miel; pues yo no subiré en medio de ti, oh Israel, no sea que te destruya en el camino, porque eres un pueblo de dura cerviz.

4 Cuando el pueblo oyó esta mala noticia, hicieron duelo, y ninguno de ellos se puso sus atavíos.

5 Porque el SEÑOR había dicho a Moisés: Di a los hijos de Israel: "Sois un pueblo de dura cerviz; si por un momento yo me presentara en medio de ti, te destruiría. Ahora pues, quítate tus atavíos, para que yo sepa qué he de hacer contigo."

6 Y a partir del monte Horeb los hijos de Israel se despojaron de sus atavíos.