Jeremías 51:2

2 Y enviaré extranjeros a Babilonia que la aventarán y vaciarán su tierra; porque estarán contra ella por todos lados el día de su tribulación.

Jeremías 51:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:2

And I will send unto Babylon farmers, that shall fan her, and
shall empty her land
Or, "strangers that shall fan her" ^F3; meaning the Medes and Persians, who should be like a strong wind upon the mountains, where corn, having been threshed, was fanned, and the chaff carried away by the wind; and such would the Chaldeans be in the hand of the Persians, scattered and dispersed among the nations as chaff with the wind, and their cities be emptied of inhabitants, and of their wealth and riches. The Targum is,

``I will send against Babylon spoilers, that shall spoil and exhaust the land:''

for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about;
in the time of the siege they shall surround her on all sides, so that none might escape; as Babylon had been a fanner of the Lord's people, now she should be fanned herself, and stripped of all she had; see ( Jeremiah 15:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Myrz) "alienos", Cocceius; some in Vatablus; so Kimchi, Ben Melech, Abendana.

Jeremías 51:2 In-Context

1 Así dice el SEÑOR: He aquí, levanto contra Babilonia y contra los habitantes de Leb Camay el espíritu de un destructor.

2 Y enviaré extranjeros a Babilonia que la aventarán y vaciarán su tierra; porque estarán contra ella por todos lados el día de su tribulación.

3 Que no entese el entesador su arco, ni se levante con su coraza; no perdonéis a sus jóvenes; entregad a la destrucción todo su ejército.

4 Caerán muertos en la tierra de los caldeos, y traspasados en sus calles.

5 Porque no ha sido abandonado Israel ni Judá por su Dios, el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, aunque su tierra está llena de culpa delante del Santo de Israel.