Éxodo 33:4

4 Y oyendo el pueblo esta mala palabra, vistieron luto, y ninguno 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 yo enviaré delante de ti el ángel, y echaré fuera al cananeo y al amorreo, y al heteo, y al ferezeo, y al heveo y al jebuseo.

3 A la tierra que fluye leche y miel; porque yo no subiré en medio de ti, porque eres pueblo de dura cerviz, para que no te consuma en el camino

4 Y oyendo el pueblo esta mala palabra, vistieron luto, y ninguno se puso sus atavíos

5 Porque el SEÑOR había dicho a Moisés: Di a los hijos de Israel: Vosotros sois pueblo de dura cerviz; en un momento subiré en medio de ti, y te consumiré; quítate pues ahora tus atavíos, para que yo sepa lo que te he de hacer

6 Entonces los hijos de Israel se despojaron de sus atavíos desde el monte Horeb