Jeremías 15:7

7 Te aventaré como el grano a las puertas de las ciudades
y te quitaré tus hijos que tanto quieres.
Destruiré a mi propio pueblo,
porque rehusó cambiar sus malos caminos.

Jeremías 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:7

I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land
Either of their own land, the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint version, "in the gates of my people"; alluding to the custom of winnowing corn in open places; and by fanning is meant the dispersion of the Jews, and their being carried captive out of their own land into other countries: or of the land of the enemy, into their cities, as the Targum paraphrases it; gates being put for them frequently; whither they should be scattered by the fan of the Lord; for what was done by the enemy, as an instrument, is ascribed to him: I will bereave them of children;
which shall die of famine, or pestilence, or by the sword, or in captivity: I will destroy my people; which must be when children are cut off, by which families, towns, cities, and kingdoms, are continued and kept up; and this he was resolved to do, though they were his people: since they return not from their ways;
their evil ways, which they had gone into, forsaking the ways of God, and his worship: or, yet they return not from their ways
^F4; though fanned with the fan of affliction, bereaved of their children, and threatened with destruction: it expresses their obstinate continuance in their evil ways, and the reason of God's dealing with them as above.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wbv al Mhykrdm) "et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi", V. L. Diodatus, Genevenses.

Jeremías 15:7 In-Context

5 »¿Quién tendrá compasión de ti, Jerusalén?
¿Quién llorará por ti?
¿Quién se tomará la molestia de preguntar cómo estás?

6 Tú me has abandonado
y me has dado la espalda
—dice el Señor
—.
Por eso, levantaré mi puño para destruirte.
Estoy cansado de darte siempre otra oportunidad.

7 Te aventaré como el grano a las puertas de las ciudades
y te quitaré tus hijos que tanto quieres.
Destruiré a mi propio pueblo,
porque rehusó cambiar sus malos caminos.

8 Habrá más viudas
que granos de arena a la orilla del mar.
Traeré al destructor al mediodía
contra las madres de los jóvenes.
Súbitamente haré que caiga sobre ellas
la angustia y el terror.

9 La madre de siete hijos se debilita y lucha por respirar;
su sol se puso mientras todavía es de día.
Ahora queda sin hijos,
avergonzada y humillada.
A los que queden, los entregaré
para que sus enemigos los maten.
¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!».