Jeremías 6:26

26 Vístete de luto, pueblo mío;revuélcate en las cenizas.Llora amargamente,como lo harías por tu primogénito,porque nos cae por sorpresael que viene a destruirnos.

Jeremías 6:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth
Either as a token of repentance for sin; so the king of Nineveh and his subjects did, to show their repentance, ( Jonah 3:6 Jonah 3:8 ) or as a sign of mourning, for the calamities coming on them, ( Genesis 37:34 ) and wallow thyself in ashes;
or roll thyself in them, as a token of the same. The Targum is,

``cover your heads with ashes.''

Make thee mourning as for an only son;
which of all is the most bitter: and therefore it is added, most bitter lamentation;
see ( Zechariah 12:10 ) . For the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us;
namely, Nebuchadnezzar, that would spoil their cities, towns, villages, and houses, and them of all their wealth and substance, and carry it away.

Jeremías 6:26 In-Context

24 Nos ha llegado la noticia,y nuestras manos flaquean;la angustia nos domina,como si tuviéramos dolores de parto.

25 ¡Viene el enemigo armado con espada!No salgan al campo,ni transiten por los caminos.¡Hay terror por todas partes!

26 Vístete de luto, pueblo mío;revuélcate en las cenizas.Llora amargamente,como lo harías por tu primogénito,porque nos cae por sorpresael que viene a destruirnos.

27 «Te he puesto entre mi pueblocomo vigía y atalaya,para que escudriñesy examines su conducta.

28 Todos ellos son muy rebeldes,y andan sembrando calumnias;sean de bronce o de hierro,todos son unos corruptos.