Jeremiah 33:5

5 'While they are coming to ¹fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have ²hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

Jeremiah 33:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:5

They come to fight with the Chaldeans
Either the Jews out of the country, or their auxiliaries, their neighbours, to oblige them to break up the siege; but all to no purpose: or rather the Jews within; who, from the mounts erected, fight with the Chaldeans; or by sallying out upon them: but [it is] to fill them with the dead bodies of men;
the mounts, made of their houses, or their houses themselves; it is only to make them graves, and fill them with these carcasses: whom I have slain in mine anger, and in my fury;
that is, suffered to be slain, being wroth and angry with them, for their sins, as follows: and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from the city;
had no pity for it, showed no mercy to it, gave it no help and assistance, or protection, having withdrawn his presence from it. So the Targum,

``I have caused my Shechinah to depart from this city, because of their wickedness.''

Jeremiah 33:5 In-Context

3 'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

4 "For thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the siege ramps and against the sword,

5 'While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

6 'Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.

7 'I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 21:4-7; Jeremiah 32:5
• 2. Isaiah 8:17; Jeremiah 21:10; Micah 3:4