Jérémie 6:5

5 Allons! montons de nuit, et ruinons ses palais!

Jérémie 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:5

Arise, and let us go up by night
Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and night, until they had accomplished their end; this shows how much they were resolved upon it, and that nothing could discourage from it; and that they were sure of carrying their point: and therefore it follows, and let us destroy her palaces;
the tower and strong hold of Zion, the temple of Jerusalem, the king's palace, the houses of the high priest, judges, counsellors, and other civil magistrates, as well as the cottages of the meaner sort of people; for the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "her houses"; which, notwithstanding her strong walls, were not secure from the enemy.

Jérémie 6:5 In-Context

3 Vers elle viennent des bergers et leurs troupeaux; ils plantent contre elle des tentes à l'entour; ils dévorent chacun son quartier.

4 Préparez le combat contre elle! Allons! montons en plein midi. Hélas! le jour décline; les ombres du soir s'étendent.

5 Allons! montons de nuit, et ruinons ses palais!

6 Car ainsi a dit l'Éternel des armées: Abattez les arbres, élevez des terrasses contre Jérusalem. C'est ici la ville qui doit être châtiée. Il n'y a qu'oppression au milieu d'elle.

7 Comme un puits fait sourdre ses eaux, ainsi fait-elle jaillir sa malice. On n'entend continuellement en elle, devant moi, que violence et ruine; on n'y voit que douleurs et que plaies.