Jeremías 15:14

14 Les diré a tus enemigos que te lleven
cautivo a una tierra extranjera.
Pues mi enojo arde como un fuego
que quemará para siempre.

Jeremías 15:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:14

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies
Not Jeremiah, but the Jews, to whom these words are continued. The meaning is, that they should go along with the Chaldeans out of their own land into theirs: into a land which thou knowest not;
the land of Babylon; and there is another reading of the words in the margin, "I will cause thee to serve thine enemies ^F15, in a land that thou knowest not"; which is followed by the Targum, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions. Some render the words, "I will bring thine enemies from, or through, a land that thou knowest not" ^F16; the place from whence they came, and those through which they came, being at a great distance: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you;
meaning the wrath of God, compared to fire, which was kindled and excited by their sins, and which would continue upon them until it had destroyed them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ytdehw) "et servire faciam".
F16 "Et adducam inimicos tuos de terra quam nescis", V. L. "et transire faciam hostes tuos per terram quam nescis", De Dieu; so Cocceius.

Jeremías 15:14 In-Context

12 ¿Puede un hombre quebrar una barra de hierro que proviene del norte
o una barra de bronce?

13 Sin que a ellos les cueste nada,
entregaré tus riquezas y tesoros
a tus enemigos como botín,
porque el pecado corre desenfrenado en tu tierra.

14 Les diré a tus enemigos que te lleven
cautivo a una tierra extranjera.
Pues mi enojo arde como un fuego
que quemará para siempre.

15 Luego dije:
—S
, tú sabes lo que me sucede.
Por favor, ayúdame. ¡Castiga a mis perseguidores!
Por favor, dame más tiempo; no dejes que muera joven.
Es por tu causa que sufro.

16 Cuando descubrí tus palabras las devoré;
son mi gozo y la delicia de mi corazón,
porque yo llevo tu nombre,
oh Señor
Dios de los Ejércitos Celestiales.