Jeremías 34:19

19 a los príncipes de Judá y a los príncipes de Jerusalén, a los eunucos y a los sacerdotes, y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, que pasaron entre las partes del becerro

Jeremías 34:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 34:19

The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem
Here is a particular enumeration of the persons that had made the covenant, and transgressed it, and that should suffer for so doing; the princes of Judah, distinguished from the princes of Jerusalem, design such princes as lived without Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, and presided over them, though now at Jerusalem, having fled thither, upon the invasion of the king of Babylon, for their safety; as the princes of Jerusalem, or the magistrates of that city, are distinguished from the princes of the blood, and from the courtiers, both in this and ( Jeremiah 34:21 ) ; the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land;
that is, as many as had got into Jerusalem to secure themselves from the common enemy: the "priests" also were concerned herein, who had menservants, and maidservants, as well as others; and, besides, were persons doubtless concerned in drawing up the covenant and the form of an oath, as well as in slaying the sacrifice, and cutting it into pieces, and laying the parts in order: it is more surprising that there should be "eunuchs" here; that such should be in the court of the king of Judah, and have offices in it, and preside in them, as among the Gentiles. The Targum renders the word "princes": which passed between the parts of the calf;
signifying their assent to the covenant, and wishing they might be so used if they broke it.

Jeremías 34:19 In-Context

17 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: Vosotros no me oísteis a mí en promulgar cada uno libertad a su hermano, y cada uno a su compañero: he aquí que yo os promulgo libertad, dijo el SEÑOR, a espada y a pestilencia, y a hambre; y os pondré en remoción a todos los reinos de la tierra

18 Y entregaré a los hombres que traspasaron mi Pacto, que no hicieron firmes las palabras del Pacto que celebraron en mi presencia, dividiendo en dos partes el becerro y pasando por medio de ellas

19 a los príncipes de Judá y a los príncipes de Jerusalén, a los eunucos y a los sacerdotes, y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, que pasaron entre las partes del becerro

20 los entregaré en mano de sus enemigos y en mano de los que buscan su alma; y sus cuerpos muertos serán para comida de las aves del cielo, y de las bestias de la tierra

21 Y a Sedequías rey de Judá, y a sus príncipes, entregaré en mano de sus enemigos, y en mano de los que buscan su alma, y en mano del ejército del rey de Babilonia, que se fueron de vosotros