Jeremias 5:15

15 Eis que trago sobre vós uma nação de longe, ó casa de Israel, diz o Senhor; é uma nação durável, uma nação antiga, uma nação cuja língua ignoras, e não entenderás o que ela falar.

Jeremias 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 5:15

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far
From Babylon, as in ( Jeremiah 4:16 ) : O house of Israel, saith the Lord;
though the house of Israel is generally taken for the ten tribes, especially when distinguished from the house of Judah; yet here it seems to design the Jews, the posterity of Jacob, or Israel in the land of Judea; for Israel, or the ten tribes, were carried captive into Assyria before this time: it is a mighty nation;
strong and powerful; so mighty that they would not be able to oppose them, and stand before them: "it is an ancient nation"; the Babylonish monarchy was the most ancient; it began in the times of Nimrod, ( Genesis 10:10 ) and therefore must be a nation of great power and experience that had so long subsisted, and consequently must be formidable to others: a nation whose language thou knowest not;
which was the Syriac language: this, it is plain, was not known by the common people among the Jews in Hezekiah's time, though some of the chief men understood it; wherefore Rabshakeh, the king of Assyria's general, would not deliver his railing speech in the Syriac language, which only the princes understood; but in the Hebrew language, the language of the common people, ( 2 Kings 18:26 2 Kings 18:28 ) , though, after the captivity, this language was understood by the Jews, and was commonly spoken by them, as it was in our Lord's time: neither understandest what they say;
so would be barbarians to each other; nor could they expect any mercy from them, or that quarters would be given them, when their petitions for favour and life could not be understood.

Jeremias 5:15 In-Context

13 E até os profetas se farão como vento, e a palavra não está com eles; assim se lhes fará.

14 Portanto assim diz o Senhor, o Deus dos exércitos: Porquanto proferis tal palavra, eis que converterei em fogo as minhas palavras na tua boca, e este povo em lenha, de modo que o fogo o consumirá.

15 Eis que trago sobre vós uma nação de longe, ó casa de Israel, diz o Senhor; é uma nação durável, uma nação antiga, uma nação cuja língua ignoras, e não entenderás o que ela falar.

16 A sua aljava é como uma sepultura aberta; todos eles são valentes.

17 E comerão a tua sega e o teu pão, que teus filhos e tuas filhas haviam de comer; comerão os teus rebanhos e o teu gado; comerão a tua vide e a tua figueira; as tuas cidades fortificadas, em que confias, abatê-las-ão � espada.