Jeremías 50:24

24 Te puse lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste al SEÑOR

Jeremías 50:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O
Babylon
Retorting to the stratagem that Cyrus used, in draining the river Euphrates, and marching his army up through it into the midst of the city of Babylon, and took it by surprise, while the inhabitants at night were feasting and revelling: this is said to be a snare laid by the Lord, because it was according to the counsel of his will, and through his directing and overruling providence: and thou wast not aware;
of what the enemy had done, of his march into the city, and taking of it; for, as Herodotus and Aristotle report, one part of the city was seized and taken before the other knew anything of it: thou art found, and also caught;
as wild beasts in a net, or birds in a snare. The Targum is,

``thy sins are sought, and are found, and also thou art taken:''

because thou hast striven against the Lord;
as persons litigate a point with each other in courts of judicature, or as warriors strive against each other in battle; she sinned against the Lord, and offended him, not only by her idolatry and luxury, but by her oppression of his people, and profaning the vessels of his house; as Belshazzar did, the night Babylon was taken. The Targum is,

``for with the people of the Lord thou hast strove.''

Jeremías 50:24 In-Context

22 Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande

23 ¡Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se tornó Babilonia en desierto entre los gentiles

24 Te puse lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste al SEÑOR

25 Abrió el SEÑOR tu tesoro, y sacó los vasos de su furor; porque ésta es obra del SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos, en la tierra de los caldeos

26 Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra; abrid sus alfolíes, hacedla montones, y destruidla; no le queden reliquias