Jeremías 6:5

5 Levantaos, ataquemos de noche y destruyamos sus palacios.

Jeremías 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:5

Arise, and let us go up by night
Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and night, until they had accomplished their end; this shows how much they were resolved upon it, and that nothing could discourage from it; and that they were sure of carrying their point: and therefore it follows, and let us destroy her palaces;
the tower and strong hold of Zion, the temple of Jerusalem, the king's palace, the houses of the high priest, judges, counsellors, and other civil magistrates, as well as the cottages of the meaner sort of people; for the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "her houses"; which, notwithstanding her strong walls, were not secure from the enemy.

Jeremías 6:5 In-Context

3 A ella vendrán pastores con sus rebaños, levantarán sus tiendas a su alrededor, y cada uno apacentará en su lugar.

4 Preparad guerra contra ella; levantaos y ataquemos al mediodía. ¡Ay de nosotros, porque el día declina, porque se extienden las sombras del anochecer!

5 Levantaos, ataquemos de noche y destruyamos sus palacios.

6 Porque así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: Cortad sus árboles, y poned sitio contra Jerusalén. Esta es la ciudad que ha de ser castigada, todo dentro de ella es opresión.

7 Como un pozo mantiene frescas sus aguas, así ella mantiene fresca su maldad. En ella se oyen violencia y destrucción; ante mí hay de continuo enfermedades y heridas.