Jeremías 15:7

7 Los aventaré con el bieldo en las puertas del país; los privaré de hijos, destruiré a mi pueblo, pues no se arrepintieron de sus caminos.

Jeremías 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:7

I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land
Either of their own land, the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint version, "in the gates of my people"; alluding to the custom of winnowing corn in open places; and by fanning is meant the dispersion of the Jews, and their being carried captive out of their own land into other countries: or of the land of the enemy, into their cities, as the Targum paraphrases it; gates being put for them frequently; whither they should be scattered by the fan of the Lord; for what was done by the enemy, as an instrument, is ascribed to him: I will bereave them of children;
which shall die of famine, or pestilence, or by the sword, or in captivity: I will destroy my people; which must be when children are cut off, by which families, towns, cities, and kingdoms, are continued and kept up; and this he was resolved to do, though they were his people: since they return not from their ways;
their evil ways, which they had gone into, forsaking the ways of God, and his worship: or, yet they return not from their ways
^F4; though fanned with the fan of affliction, bereaved of their children, and threatened with destruction: it expresses their obstinate continuance in their evil ways, and the reason of God's dealing with them as above.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wbv al Mhykrdm) "et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi", V. L. Diodatus, Genevenses.

Jeremías 15:7 In-Context

5 Porque, ¿quién se compadecerá de ti, oh Jerusalén? ¿Quién llorará por ti, o quién se apartará de su camino para preguntar por tu bienestar?

6 Tú me has dejadodeclara el SEÑOR, sigues retrocediendo. Extenderé, pues, mi mano contra ti y te destruiré; estoy cansado de compadecerme.

7 Los aventaré con el bieldo en las puertas del país; los privaré de hijos, destruiré a mi pueblo, pues no se arrepintieron de sus caminos.

8 Por mí sus viudas serán más numerosas que la arena de los mares. Traeré contra la madre de sus jóvenes, al destructor en pleno mediodía; de repente traeré sobre ella angustia y pavor.

9 Languidece la que dio a luz siete hijos; exhala su alma. Se puso su sol siendo aún de día, ha sido avergonzada y humillada; a sus sobrevivientes los entregaré a la espada delante de sus enemigosdeclara el SEÑOR.