Jeremías 30:5

5 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: "He oído voces de terror, de pánico, y no de paz.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 30:5 In-Context

3 "Porque, he aquí, vienen días",declara el SEÑOR"cuando restauraré el bienestar de mi pueblo, Israel y Judá." El SEÑOR dice: "También los haré volver a la tierra que di a sus padres, y la poseerán."

4 Estas son las palabras que el SEÑOR habló acerca de Israel y de Judá:

5 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: "He oído voces de terror, de pánico, y no de paz.

6 "Preguntad ahora, y ved si da a luz el varón. ¿Por qué veo a todos los hombres con las manos sobre sus lomos, como mujer de parto y se han puesto pálidos todos los rostros?

7 "¡Ay! porque grande es aquel día, no hay otro semejante a él; es tiempo de angustia para Jacob, mas de ella será librado.