Jeremías 7:29

Listen to Jeremías 7:29
29 "C贸rtate el cabello y t铆ralo, y entona una endecha en las alturas desoladas; porque el SE脩OR ha desechado y abandonado a la generaci贸n objeto de su furor."

Jeremías 7:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away
This supplement is made, because the word is feminine; and therefore cannot be directed to the prophet, but to Jerusalem, and its inhabitants; shaving the head is a sign of mourning, ( Job 1:20 ) and this is enjoined, to show that there would soon be a reason for it; wherefore it follows: and take up a lamentation on high places:
that it might be heard afar off; or because of the idolatry frequently committed in high places. The Targum is,

``pluck off the hair for thy great ones that are carried captive, and take up a lamentation for the princes:''
for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath;
a generation of men, deserving of the wrath of God, and appointed to it, on whom he determined to pour it out; of which his rejection and forsaking of them was a token: this was remarkably true of that generation in which Christ and his apostles lived, who disbelieved the Messiah, and had no faith in him, and spoke lying and blasphemous words concerning him; and therefore were rejected and forsaken by the Lord; and wrath came upon them to the uttermost.
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Jeremías 7:29 In-Context

27 Les dir谩s, pues, todas estas palabras, mas no te escuchar谩n; los llamar谩s, y no te responder谩n.
28 Entonces les dir谩s: "Esta es la naci贸n que no escuch贸 la voz del SE脩OR su Dios, ni acept贸 correcci贸n; ha perecido la verdad, ha sido cortada de su boca.
29 "C贸rtate el cabello y t铆ralo, y entona una endecha en las alturas desoladas; porque el SE脩OR ha desechado y abandonado a la generaci贸n objeto de su furor."
30 Porque los hijos de Jud谩 han hecho lo que es malo ante mis ojosdeclara el SE脩OR, han puesto sus abominaciones en la casa que es llamada por mi nombre, profan谩ndola.
31 Y han edificado los lugares altos de Tofet, que est谩 en el valle de Ben-hinom, para quemar a sus hijos y a sus hijas en el fuego, lo cual yo no mand茅, ni me pas贸 por la mente.
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