Jeremías 3:21

21 Voz sobre las alturas fue oída, llanto de los ruegos de los hijos de Israel; porque han torcido su camino, del SEÑOR su Dios se han olvidado

Jeremías 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice was heard upon the high places
And so might be heard afar off; it shows that the repentance and confession of the Jews, when convinced and converted, will be very public, and made upon those places where they have committed their sins; see ( Jeremiah 2:20 ) ( 3:16 ) , for this and the following verses declare the humiliation, repentance, and conversion of the Jews, and the manner in which they shall be brought to it, and be openly put among the children: weeping and supplications of the children of Israel;
not so much lamenting their calamities, as mourning over their sins, supplicating the pardon of them, and freely and ingenuously confessing them: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord
their God;
or, "because they have" ^F11 this they shall be sensible of, that they have perverted the right ways of the Lord by their traditions, and have forgotten the worship of the Lord, as the Targum paraphrases it; yea, the Lord himself, their covenant God and kind benefactor, and lightly esteemed of the true Messiah, the Rock of their salvation. The consideration of which will cause them to weep and mourn; which they will do when the Spirit of grace and supplication is poured out upon them; and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, ( Zechariah 12:10 ) . Some interpret this as the cause of their calamities, and not as the subject matter of their mourning; but the latter seems best to agree with what follows, which shows by what means they were brought to repentance, and were converted.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (Mkrd ta wweh yk) "quia perverterunt viam suam", Munster, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius; "eo quod", Piscator; "quod pravam viam inierunt", Cocceius.

Jeremías 3:21 In-Context

19 Pero yo dije: ¿Cómo te pondré por hijos, y te daré la tierra deseable, la heredad de codicia de los ejércitos de los gentiles? Y dije: Padre mío me llamarás, y no te apartarás de en pos de mí

20 Mas como la mujer quiebra la fe de su compañero, así prevaricasteis contra mí, oh Casa de Israel, dijo el SEÑOR

21 Voz sobre las alturas fue oída, llanto de los ruegos de los hijos de Israel; porque han torcido su camino, del SEÑOR su Dios se han olvidado

22 Convertíos, hijos rebeldes, sanaré vuestras rebeliones. He aquí nosotros venimos a ti; porque tú eres el SEÑOR nuestro Dios

23 Ciertamente vanidad son los collados, la multitud de los montes; ciertamente en el SEÑOR nuestro Dios está la salvación de Israel