Jeremías 50:7

7 Todos los que los hallaban, los devoraban; y sus enemigos han dicho: "No somos culpables, porque ellos han pecado contra el SEÑOR, morada de justicia, el SEÑOR, esperanza de sus padres."

Jeremías 50:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:7

All that found them have devoured them
As lost and wandering sheep are liable to be found, and to be devoured, by every beast of prey, lions, wolves, and bears; so the Jews were found by their neighbours, their enemies, and especially by the Chaldeans, having forsaken God, and being forsaken by him; and which is their case now, and are often found and seized upon by their enemies, and made a prey of under one pretence or another: and their adversaries said, we offend not;
we are not guilty of any evil, in taking away their lives, or stripping them of their substance: because they have sinned against the Lord;
and therefore are justly punished in this way; and it is no other than what the Lord threatened them with, and foretold by his prophets should come upon them: this they said, not that they feared the Lord, or had any regard to his honour and glory, but to excuse themselves, which would not do; for though they sinned against the Lord, they had not sinned against them, and they had no right to destroy them, and plunder them of their substance; and so it is now, many think it no crime to injure the Jews in their persons and property, because they have sinned against Christ, and rejected him as the Messiah, who is the habitation of justice;
the dwelling place of the saints, the city of refuge and strong tower, whither the righteous run and are safe: even the Lord, the hope of their fathers;
whom their fathers hoped for and expected, he being spoken and prophesied of by all the prophets that were from the beginning of the world, and therefore called the Hope of Israel, ( Jeremiah 14:8 ) ( 17:13 ) .

Jeremías 50:7 In-Context

5 Preguntarán por el camino de Sion, hacia donde volverán sus rostros; vendrán para unirse al SEÑOR en un pacto eterno que no será olvidado.

6 Ovejas perdidas ha venido a ser mi pueblo; sus pastores las han descarriado, haciéndolas vagar por los montes; han andado de monte en collado y han olvidado su lugar de descanso.

7 Todos los que los hallaban, los devoraban; y sus enemigos han dicho: "No somos culpables, porque ellos han pecado contra el SEÑOR, morada de justicia, el SEÑOR, esperanza de sus padres."

8 Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y salid de la tierra de los caldeos; sed como machos cabríos al frente del rebaño.

9 Porque he aquí, yo hago despertar y subir contra Babilonia una horda de grandes naciones de la tierra del norte, que se alinearán para la batalla contra ella; desde allí será llevada cautiva. Sus flechas serán como de diestro guerrero que no vuelve con las manos vacías.