Lamentaciones 1:15

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15 »En mi ciudad el SEÑOR ha rechazadoa todos los guerreros;ha reunido un ejército para atacarme,para despedazar^[a] a mis jóvenes.El SEÑOR ha aplastado a la virginal hija de Judácomo quien pisa uvas para hacer vino.

Lamentaciones 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:15

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the
midst of me
As a causeway is trodden; or as mire is trodden under foot in the streets; so were the mighty and valiant men, the soldiers and men of war, trodden under foot and destroyed by the Chaldeans in the streets of Jerusalem, and in the midst of Judea; the Lord so permitting it: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men;
the army of the Chaldeans, which were brought against Jerusalem by a divine appointment and call; against whom the choicest and stoutest of them, even their young men, could not stand; but were crushed and broken to pieces by them. The word for "assembly" sometimes signifies an appointed time; a time fixed for solemn festivals, and for calling the people to them; and so the Targum here,

``he hath called or appointed a time to break the strength of my young men;''

the time of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a
winepress;
in the winepress of his wrath; or however in the winepress of the Babylonians, who are compared to one; into whose hands the Jews falling, were like grapes cast into a winepress, and there trodden by men, in order to squeeze and get out the wine; and in like manner were their blood squeezed out of them and shed. The Targum interprets it of the blood of virginity being poured out, as wine in a press; the virgins of Judah being ravished and defiled by the enemy.

Lamentaciones 1:15 In-Context

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».

17 Sión clama pidiendo ayuda,pero no hay quien la consuele.Por decreto del SEÑORlos vecinos de Jacob son ahora sus enemigos;Jerusalén ha llegado a serbasura e inmundicia.

Footnotes

• [a]. "ha reunido " "… " "despedazar" . Alt. "ha establecido mi tiempo, / cuando él despedazará" .