Jeremías 22:7

7 Designaré contra ti destructores, cada uno con sus armas, y cortarán tus cedros más selectos y los echarán al fuego.

Jeremías 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:7

And I will prepare destroyers against thee
The Chaldeans, men of savage dispositions, bent upon the destruction of their neighbours; and who had already destroyed many nations, and so fit instruments for such service, as after mentioned; and who yet did not come merely of themselves, but were moved and directed to it by the powerful and all wise providence of God, in consequence of a previous preparation and appointment of them by the Lord in his counsels and purposes. It is, in the original text, "I will sanctify destroyers" {c}; and not only intends a purpose and design; but suggests, that what they should do by his will and order would be consistent with his holiness and justice; and also that being prepared and ready, they might quickly expect a visit from them: everyone with his weapons;
of war, or slaughter weapons, as in ( Ezekiel 9:2 ) ; or, "a man and his weapons" ^F4; not a single man only, as Nebuchadnezzar, but him and his army; everyone of the destroyers prepared with proper instruments to do execution: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire;
the sons of the king, the princes of the blood, the nobles of the land, and other persons of rank and distinction, comparable to the tall cedars of Lebanon; so the Targum,

``and they shall slay the beauty of thy mighty ones, as the trees of a forest are cut down, and cast into the fire;''

or else the stately palaces of the king and his nobles, and other beautiful buildings, which were lined and ceiled with cedar, are here meant; and which the Chaldeans burnt with fire, ( Jeremiah 52:13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (ytvdqw) "sanctificabo", V. L. Montanus, Cocceius.
F4 (wylkw vya) "virum et arma ejus", Vulg. Lat. Vatablus; "virum et instrumenta ejus", Montanus, Cocceius.

Jeremías 22:7 In-Context

5 'Pero si no obedecéis estas palabras, juro por mí mismo'declara el SEÑOR"que esta casa vendrá a ser una desolación.'"

6 Porque así dice el SEÑOR acerca de la casa del rey de Judá: Como Galaad eres para mí, como la cumbre del Líbano; pero ciertamente te convertiré en un desierto, como ciudades deshabitadas.

7 Designaré contra ti destructores, cada uno con sus armas, y cortarán tus cedros más selectos y los echarán al fuego.

8 Pasarán muchas naciones junto a esta ciudad, y dirá cada cual a su prójimo: "¿Por qué ha hecho así el SEÑOR con esta ciudad?"

9 Entonces responderán: "Porque abandonaron el pacto del SEÑOR su Dios, y se postraron ante otros dioses y les sirvieron."