Jeremías 30:5

5 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Oigo gritos de temor;
hay terror y no hay paz.

Jeremías 30:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:5

For thus saith the Lord
Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, "for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say" ^F16; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, "ye shall say"; that is, Israel and Judah; to whom the words of the Lord are spoken in ( Jeremiah 30:3 ) ; or else the Lord here represents his people, saying: we have heard a voice of trembling, ear, and not of peace;
which is to be understood, of the fear and dread injected into them by the Babylonians when they besieged their city, and burned that, and their temple; nor of the fear and dread which came upon the Babylonians at the taking of their city by Cyrus, upon which followed the deliverance of the Jews. Kimchi interprets this of something yet future, the war of Gog and Magog, which he supposes wilt be when their Messiah comes; and Jarchi sans it is so understood in their Midrash Agadah. This distress, I think, refers to the slaying of the witnesses, and to that hour of temptation which shall come upon all the earth to try the inhabitants of it; and which will be followed with the destruction of antichrist; and that will make way for the call and conversion of the Jews.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 "Gentes dicturae sunt", Vatablus.

Jeremías 30:5 In-Context

3 Pues se acerca la hora cuando restableceré el bienestar de mi pueblo, Israel y Judá. Los traeré a casa, a esta tierra que di a sus antepasados, y volverán a poseerla. ¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!».

4 Este es el mensaje que dio el Señor
con relación a Israel y Judá.

5 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Oigo gritos de temor;
hay terror y no hay paz.

6 Déjenme hacerles una pregunta:
¿Acaso los varones dan a luz?
¿Entonces por qué están parados allí con sus caras pálidas
y con las manos apoyadas sobre el vientre
como una mujer en parto?

7 En toda la historia nunca ha habido un tiempo de terror como este.
Será un tiempo de angustia para mi pueblo Israel.
¡Pero al final será salvo!