Lamentaciones 1:14

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14 »Pesan mis pecados como un yugo sobre mí;Dios mismo me los ató con sus manos.[a]Me los ha colgado al cuello,y ha debilitado mis fuerzas.Me ha entregado en manos de gentea la que no puedo ofrecer resistencia.

Lamentaciones 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:14

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand
That is, the punishment of her sins was laid upon her by the Lord himself; his hand was in it; it came from him; the Chaldeans were only instruments; and a heavy yoke this was. So the Targum renders it,

``the yoke of my rebellions is made heavy by his hand:''
they are wreathed, [and] come upon my neck;
or, "twisted together" F2; as lines to make a cord; or as several cords to make a rope; or as branches of trees or withes are implicated and entwined; and so the Targum,
``they are twisted together as the branches of a vine.''
It denotes the complication of judgments upon the Jewish nation for their sins, with which they were holden as with cords; and which were like ropes about their necks, very heavy and distressing to them, and from which they could not deliver themselves. Mr. Broughton thinks the apostle has reference to this passage; and explains it by the sin that easily besets, or cunningly wraps about, ( Hebrews 12:1 ) ; he hath made my strength to fall;
by the weight of punishment laid upon her, which she could not stand up under, but sunk and fell: this may be understood of her strong and mighty men; her men of valour and courage, who yet stumbled and fell: the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not
able to rise up;
meaning the Chaldeans; nor were the Jews at last delivered from them by their own strength, but by the means of Cyrus the Persian conquering Babylon.
FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wgrtvy) "involutae", Vatablus; "perplexae", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "contortae", Piscator, Grotius, Michaelis.

Lamentaciones 1:14 In-Context

12 «Fíjense ustedes, los que pasan por el camino:¿Acaso no les importa?¿Dónde hay un sufrimiento como el mío,como el que el SEÑOR me ha hecho padecer,como el que el SEÑOR lanzó sobre míen el día de su furor?
13 »Desde lo alto envió el Señor un fuegoque me caló hasta los huesos.A mi paso tendió una trampay me hizo retroceder.Me abandonó por completo;a todas horas me sentía morir.
14 »Pesan mis pecados como un yugo sobre mí;Dios mismo me los ató con sus manos.Me los ha colgado al cuello,y ha debilitado mis fuerzas.Me ha entregado en manos de gentea la que no puedo ofrecer resistencia.
15 »En mi ciudad el SEÑOR ha rechazadoa todos los guerreros;ha reunido un ejército para atacarme,para despedazar a mis jóvenes.El SEÑOR ha aplastado a la virginal hija de Judácomo quien pisa uvas para hacer vino.
16 »Todo esto me hace llorar;los ojos se me nublan de llanto.No tengo cerca a nadie que me consuele;no tengo a nadie que me reanime.Mis hijos quedaron abandonadosporque el enemigo salió victorioso».

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "como un yugo " "… " "sus manos" . Texto de difícil traducción.
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