Jeremías 30:5

5 «Así dice el SEÑOR:»“Hemos escuchado un grito de espanto;no hay paz, sino terror.

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 Porque vienen días —afirma el SEÑOR— cuando yo haré volver del cautiverio a mi pueblo Israel y Judá, y los traeré a la tierra que di a sus antepasados, y la poseerán”», afirma el SEÑOR.

4 Esto fue lo que el SEÑOR le dijo a Jeremías acerca de Israel y Judá:

5 «Así dice el SEÑOR:»“Hemos escuchado un grito de espanto;no hay paz, sino terror.

6 Pregunten y veansi acaso los varones dan a luz.¿Por qué, pues, veo a todos los hombrescon las manos sobre las caderas,como mujeres con dolores de parto?¿Por qué han palidecidotodos los rostros?

7 ¡Ay! Será un día terrible,un día que no tiene parangón.Será un tiempo de angustia para Jacob,pero será librado de ella.