Jeremías 30:16

16 »Pero todos los que te devoran serán devorados,
y todos tus enemigos serán enviados al destierro.
Todos los que te saquean serán saqueados,
y todos los que te atacan serán atacados.

Jeremías 30:16 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured
Thus rendering the words, they are to be connected with ( Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 30:11 ) ; and all between to be put into a parenthesis: but rather, in connection with the preceding words, they should be rendered "nevertheless", or "notwithstanding" ^F25; though they had sinned at so great a rate, and were so much afflicted and chastened by the Lord, yet their enemies should not go unpunished, and mercy in the issue would be showed to them. Jarchi calls it an oath, that so it should be; the Romans that devoured them, and ate up their substance, were devoured by the Goths and Vandals; for this may be carried further than to the destruction of the Babylonish empire by the Persians; and all thine adversaries, everyone of them shall, fro into captivity;
or be conquered and subdued, as were the Assyrians, Egyptians, Chaldeans, Grecians, Romans; and not only Rome Pagan has been destroyed, but Rome Papal also will go into captivity; see ( Revelation 13:10 ) ; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee
will I give for a prey:
they shall be used according to the law of retaliation; the same measure they have measured shall be measured to them again.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Nkl) "verumtamen, [vel] nihilominus", Gataker. So Kimchi and Abarbinel.

Jeremías 30:16 In-Context

14 Todos tus amantes, tus aliados, te han abandonado
y ya no se interesan por ti.
Te he herido cruelmente
como si fuera tu enemigo.
Pues tus pecados son muchos
y tu culpa es grande.

15 ¿Por qué te quejas de tu castigo,
de esta herida que no tiene cura?
He tenido que castigarte
porque tus pecados son muchos
y tu culpa es grande.

16 »Pero todos los que te devoran serán devorados,
y todos tus enemigos serán enviados al destierro.
Todos los que te saquean serán saqueados,
y todos los que te atacan serán atacados.

17 Te devolveré la salud
y sanaré tus heridas —dice el Señor
—,
aunque te llamen desechada, es decir,
“Jerusalén,
de quien nadie se interesa”».

18 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Cuando del cautiverio traiga a Israel de regreso a casa
y cuando restablezca su bienestar,
Jerusalén será reedificada sobre sus ruinas
y el palacio reconstruido como antes.