Jeremías 9:19

19 Porque voz de lamentación se oye desde Sion: "¡Cómo hemos sido arrasados! En gran manera estamos avergonzados, porque tenemos que abandonar la tierra, porque han derribado nuestras moradas."

Jeremías 9:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:19

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion
Out of the fortress of Zion, out of the city of Jerusalem, which was thought to be inexpugnable, and could never be taken; but now a voice is heard out of that, deploring the desolation of it: how are we spoiled?
our houses destroyed, and we plundered of our substance: we are greatly confounded:
filled with shame, on account of their vain confidence; thinking their city would never be taken, and they were safe in it: because we have forsaken the land;
the land of Judea, being obliged to it, the enemy carrying them captive into other countries: because our dwellings have cast us out;
not suffering us to continue there any longer, as being unworthy of them; or enemies have cast down our habitations to the earth, as Jarchi; and so the Targum, "for our palaces are desolate"; the principal buildings in Jerusalem, as well as the houses of the common people, were thrown down to the ground, or burnt with fire, and particularly the temple; so that the whole was in a most ruinous condition, and a fit subject of a mournful song.

Jeremías 9:19 In-Context

17 Así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: Considerad, llamad a las plañideras, que vengan; enviad por las más hábiles, que vengan,

18 que se apresuren y eleven una lamentación por nosotros, para que derramen lágrimas nuestros ojos y fluya agua de nuestros párpados.

19 Porque voz de lamentación se oye desde Sion: "¡Cómo hemos sido arrasados! En gran manera estamos avergonzados, porque tenemos que abandonar la tierra, porque han derribado nuestras moradas."

20 Oíd, pues, mujeres, la palabra del SEÑOR, y reciba vuestro oído la palabra de su boca; enseñad la lamentación a vuestras hijas y la endecha cada una a su vecina.

21 Porque la muerte ha subido por nuestras ventanas, ha entrado en nuestros palacios, exterminando a los niños de las calles, a los jóvenes de las plazas.