Geremia 30:6

6 Deh! domandate, e vedete se un maschio partorisce; perchè dunque ho io veduto ogni uomo con le mani in su i lombi, come una donna che partorisce? e perchè son tutte le facce cangiate, e divenute pallide?

Geremia 30:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
&c.] Look into the histories of former times, inquire of those most versed in them, whether ever there was such a thing in the world as that a man should travail with child; ask one and, another you see in distress, whether that is their case or not, which looks so much like it; and since there never was such an instance, nor is it possible that there should: wherefore do I see every man with his hands his loins, as a woman in
travail;
the usual posture of women in such a condition, trying hereby to abate their pain, and ease themselves. This metaphor is made use of, both to express the sharpness and shortness of this distress; as the pains of a woman in travail are very sharp, yet short, and, when over, quickly forgotten; and so it wilt be at this time; it will be a sharp trial of the church and people of God; but it will last but for a short time; and the joy and happy times that will follow will soon cause it to be forgotten: and all faces are turned into paleness?
at the departure of the blood, through fear and trembling. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it "the yellow jaundice"; their faces were of the colour of such persons that have that disease upon them; or, as others, the green sickness. Some render it, "the king's evil" ^F17.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Nwqryl) "in speciem morbi regii", Junius & Tremellius; "in morbum regium", Piscator.

Geremia 30:6 In-Context

4 Or queste sono le parole, che il Signore ha pronunziate intorno ad Israele, ed a Giuda.

5 Perciocchè il Signore ha detto così: Noi abbiamo udito un grido di terrore; spavento, e niuna pace.

6 Deh! domandate, e vedete se un maschio partorisce; perchè dunque ho io veduto ogni uomo con le mani in su i lombi, come una donna che partorisce? e perchè son tutte le facce cangiate, e divenute pallide?

7 Ohimè lasso! quant’è pur grande quel giorno! non ne fu giammai alcun pari; egli è il tempo della distretta a Giacobbe; ma pure egli ne sarà salvato.

8 Ed avverrà in quel giorno, dice il Signor degli eserciti, che io spezzerò il giogo di colui d’in sul tuo collo, e romperò i tuoi legami; e gli stranieri non ti terranno più in servitù.