Jeremías 50:13

13 A causa del enojo del SEÑOR, no será habitada, sino que estará desolada toda ella; todo el que pase por Babilonia se quedará atónito y silbará a causa de todas sus heridas.

Jeremías 50:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the Lord, it shall not be inhabited,
&c.] That is, Babylon; which the Targum expresses,

``because thou, Babylon, hast provoked the Lord;''

by their idolatry, luxury, ill usage of his people, and profanation of the vessels of the sanctuary; therefore it should be destroyed, and left without an inhabitant in it: but it shall be wholly desolate;
as it now is. Pausanias says ^F15, in his time there was nothing but a wall remaining; and Jerom ^F16 says, he had it from a brother Elamite, or Persian, that Babylon was then a park or place for royal hunting, and that beasts of every kind were kept within its walls: of mystical Babylon, see ( Revelation 16:19 ) ( 18:2 ) ; everyone that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all
her plagues;
any traveller that had seen it in its glory would now be astonished to see the desolation of it; and, by way of scorn and derision, hiss at the judgments of God upon it, and rejoice at them, and shake their head, as the Targum.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Arcadica, sive l. 8. p. 509.
F16 Comment. in Isaiam, fol. 23. C.

Jeremías 50:13 In-Context

11 Porque os alegráis, porque os regocijáis, saqueadores de mi heredad, porque saltáis como novilla trilladora y relincháis como caballos sementales,

12 vuestra madre se avergonzará en gran manera, será humillada la que os dio a luz. He aquí, será la última de las naciones: desierto, sequedal y yermo.

13 A causa del enojo del SEÑOR, no será habitada, sino que estará desolada toda ella; todo el que pase por Babilonia se quedará atónito y silbará a causa de todas sus heridas.

14 Poneos en orden contra Babilonia en derredor, todos los que entesáis el arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las flechas, porque ha pecado contra el SEÑOR.

15 Alzad grito de guerra contra ella en derredor. Se ha rendido, caen sus columnas, son derribadas sus murallas. Porque esta es la venganza del SEÑOR: tomad venganza de ella; como ella ha hecho, así haced con ella.