Lamentaciones 1:14

14 Atado ha sido el yugo de mis transgresiones, por su mano han sido entrelazadas, han caído sobre mi cuello. El ha hecho que me falten las fuerzas; el Señor me ha entregado en manos contra las cuales no puedo resistir.

Lamentaciones 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:14

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand
That is, the punishment of her sins was laid upon her by the Lord himself; his hand was in it; it came from him; the Chaldeans were only instruments; and a heavy yoke this was. So the Targum renders it,

``the yoke of my rebellions is made heavy by his hand:''

they are wreathed, [and] come upon my neck;
or, "twisted together" ^F2; as lines to make a cord; or as several cords to make a rope; or as branches of trees or withes are implicated and entwined; and so the Targum,

``they are twisted together as the branches of a vine.''

It denotes the complication of judgments upon the Jewish nation for their sins, with which they were holden as with cords; and which were like ropes about their necks, very heavy and distressing to them, and from which they could not deliver themselves. Mr. Broughton thinks the apostle has reference to this passage; and explains it by the sin that easily besets, or cunningly wraps about, ( Hebrews 12:1 ) ; he hath made my strength to fall;
by the weight of punishment laid upon her, which she could not stand up under, but sunk and fell: this may be understood of her strong and mighty men; her men of valour and courage, who yet stumbled and fell: the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not
able to rise up;
meaning the Chaldeans; nor were the Jews at last delivered from them by their own strength, but by the means of Cyrus the Persian conquering Babylon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wgrtvy) "involutae", Vatablus; "perplexae", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "contortae", Piscator, Grotius, Michaelis.

Lamentaciones 1:14 In-Context

12 Vosotros todos los que pasáis por el camino, ¿no os importa esto? Observad y ved si hay dolor como mi dolor, con el que fui atormentada, con el que el SEÑOR me afligió el día de su ardiente ira.

13 Desde lo alto El envió fuego que penetró en mis huesos. Ha tendido una red a mis pies, me ha hecho volver atrás, me ha dejado desolada, desfallecida todo el día.

14 Atado ha sido el yugo de mis transgresiones, por su mano han sido entrelazadas, han caído sobre mi cuello. El ha hecho que me falten las fuerzas; el Señor me ha entregado en manos contra las cuales no puedo resistir.

15 A todos mis valientes ha rechazado el Señor de en medio de mí; ha convocado contra mí un tiempo determinado para quebrantar a mis jóvenes; el Señor ha hollado como en un lagar a la virgen hija de Judá.

16 Por estas cosas lloro yo; mi ojo, mi ojo derrama agua, porque lejos de mí está el consolador, el que reanima mi alma. Mis hijos están desolados porque ha prevalecido el enemigo.