Jeremías 4:17

17 La rodean como quien cuida un campo,porque ella se rebeló contra mí—afirma el SEÑOR—.

Jeremías 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:17

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about
As those that are set to watch a field, in which are fruit and corn of any sort, that thieves and robbers, and wild beasts, may not enter to waste and destroy, and are placed on all sides for that purpose; so the Chaldeans were round about Jerusalem, that none could make their escape out of it; see ( 2 Kings 25:4 ) : because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord;
it was not without reason that the Lord suffered the Chaldeans to come against Jerusalem, besiege, and take it; the inhabitants of it had rebelled against him, their King and their God; and therefore he delivers them up into the hands of another lord, and a cruel one; they had provoked him to anger with their sins, and caused him to stir up his wrath against them in this way: rebellion against a prince, or against a parent, is a provoking sin; see ( 1 Samuel 15:23 ) ( Isaiah 1:2 ) .

Jeremías 4:17 In-Context

15 Una voz anuncia desgraciadesde Dan y desde las colinas de Efraín.

16 «Adviertan a las naciones,proclámenlo contra Jerusalén:“De lejanas tierras vienen sitiadoreslanzando gritos de guerracontra las ciudades de Judá”.

17 La rodean como quien cuida un campo,porque ella se rebeló contra mí—afirma el SEÑOR—.

18 Tu conducta y tus accioneste han causado todo esto.Esta es tu desgracia. ¡Qué amarga es!¡Cómo te ha calado en el propio corazón!»

19 ¡Qué angustia, qué angustia!¡Me retuerzo de dolor!Mi corazón se agita. ¡Ay, corazón mío!¡No puedo callarme!Puedo escuchar el toque de trompetay el grito de guerra.