Jeremías 50:26

26 Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra; abrid sus alfolíes, hacedla montones, y destruidla; no le queden reliquias

Jeremías 50:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:26

Come against her from the utmost border
Or, "from the end" ^F1; from the end of the earth; from the Persian gulf, and the Caspian sea, on which the Persians and Medes bordered; from the most distant countries; for the Medes and Persians, who are here called unto, brought others along with them in their army from places still more remote; for this is not to be understood, with the Targum, of entering into Babylon on one "side"; or, with Jarchi, of beginning at one "end" of the city, that it might not be known, and be taken suddenly: open her storehouses;
where her gold, silver, jewels, and other precious things, lay: or, her barns or "granaries" ^F2, as the Targum and Kimchi; where the fruits and increase of the earth were laid up; and may figuratively design her cities and fortified places, full of inhabitants, as well as of riches and stores of all kinds: cast her up as heaps;
as heaps of rubbish to make a causeway of, and then tread upon them to make it smooth: or, "as heaps", or "sheaves"

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 of corn; tread upon them as oxen do, and thereby thresh them out; so Jarchi interprets it,

``thresh her as grains of wheat;''

and to this sense the Targum refers,

``consume her substance as they consume heaps of wheat;''

see ( Revelation 18:12-14 ) ; and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left;
of the city of Babylon, its inhabitants, wealth, and riches; so complete should the destruction be, ( Revelation 18:8 Revelation 18:21-23 ) .
F1 (Uqm) "a fine", Vatablus, Montanus, Schmidt; "a fine terrae", Piscator; "ab extremis finibus", Tigurine version, Grotius.
F2 (hyobam) "horrea ejus", Montanus, Cocceius; "granaria ejus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt.
F3 (Mymre wmk) "sicut acervos, sub. tritici", Vatablus; "frumenti", Piscator.

Jeremías 50:26 In-Context

24 Te puse lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste al SEÑOR

25 Abrió el SEÑOR tu tesoro, y sacó los vasos de su furor; porque ésta es obra del SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos, en la tierra de los caldeos

26 Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra; abrid sus alfolíes, hacedla montones, y destruidla; no le queden reliquias

27 Matad todos sus novillos; vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos! Que venido es su día, el tiempo de su visitación

28 Voz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia se oye, para dar las nuevas en Sion de la venganza del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su Templo