Esodo 33:4

4 Quando il popolo udì queste sinistre parole, fece cordoglio, e nessuno si mise i propri ornamenti.

Esodo 33:4 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:4

And when the people heard these evil tidings
That God would withdraw his gracious presence, and go not up with them himself, only send an angel with them; and especially this may respect what is threatened, ( Exodus 33:5 ) and had been said at this time:

they mourned;
were inwardly and heartily grieved for their sin, whereby they had provoked the Lord to depart from them, and gave some outward and open tokens of it:

and no man did put on his ornaments;
they used to wear at other times, their rings and jewels, which the princes and the chief among the people especially were wont to wear; and in common the people did not put on their best clothes, or what they usually wore, but clothed themselves in mournful habits, in sackcloth and ashes, or in some such like manner.

Esodo 33:4 In-Context

2 Io manderò un angelo dinanzi a te, e caccerò i Cananei, gli Amorei, gli Hittei, i Ferezei, gli Hivvei e i Gebusei.

3 Esso vi condurrà in un paese ove scorre il latte e il miele; poiché io non salirò in mezzo a te, perché sei un popolo di collo duro, ond’io non abbia a sterminarti per via".

4 Quando il popolo udì queste sinistre parole, fece cordoglio, e nessuno si mise i propri ornamenti.

5 Infatti l’Eterno avea detto a Mosè: "Di’ ai figliuoli d’Israele: Voi siete un popolo di collo duro; s’io salissi per un momento solo in mezzo a te, ti consumerei! Or dunque, togliti i tuoi ornamenti, e vedrò com’io ti debba trattare".

6 E i figliuoli d’Israele si spogliarono de’ loro ornamenti, dalla partenza dal monte Horeb in poi.