Jeremias 30:5

5 Assim, pois, diz o Senhor: Ouvimos uma voz de tremor, de temor mas não de paz.

Jeremias 30:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:5

For thus saith the Lord
Yet what follows are the words of others; wherefore some supply it, "for thus saith the Lord, the nations shall say" ^F16; so Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it as what the Gentiles will say in the times of the Messiah; but it might be better supplied, "ye shall say"; that is, Israel and Judah; to whom the words of the Lord are spoken in ( Jeremiah 30:3 ) ; or else the Lord here represents his people, saying: we have heard a voice of trembling, ear, and not of peace;
which is to be understood, of the fear and dread injected into them by the Babylonians when they besieged their city, and burned that, and their temple; nor of the fear and dread which came upon the Babylonians at the taking of their city by Cyrus, upon which followed the deliverance of the Jews. Kimchi interprets this of something yet future, the war of Gog and Magog, which he supposes wilt be when their Messiah comes; and Jarchi sans it is so understood in their Midrash Agadah. This distress, I think, refers to the slaying of the witnesses, and to that hour of temptation which shall come upon all the earth to try the inhabitants of it; and which will be followed with the destruction of antichrist; and that will make way for the call and conversion of the Jews.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 "Gentes dicturae sunt", Vatablus.

Jeremias 30:5 In-Context

3 pois eis que vêm os dias, diz o Senhor, em que farei voltar do cativeiro o meu povo Israel e Judá, diz o Senhor; e tornarei a trazê-los � terra que dei a seus pais, e a possuirão.

4 E estas são as palavras que disse o Senhor, acerca de Israel e de Judá.

5 Assim, pois, diz o Senhor: Ouvimos uma voz de tremor, de temor mas não de paz.

6 Perguntai, pois, e vede, se um homem pode dar � luz. Por que, pois, vejo a cada homem com as mãos sobre os lombos como a que está de parto? Por que empalideceram todos os rostos?

7 Ah! porque aquele dia é tão grande, que não houve outro semelhante! É tempo de angústia para Jacó; todavia, há de ser livre dela.