Jeremías 4:10

10 Entonces dije: «Oh Señor
Soberano,
el pueblo ha sido engañado por lo que dijiste,
porque prometiste paz para Jerusalén.
¡Sin embargo, la espada está en su cuello!».

Jeremías 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:10

Then said I, ah, Lord God!
&c.] Expressing great sorrow and concern: this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a petition,

``and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:''

surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem:
what the false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to deceive the people; see ( 1 Kings 22:20-23 ) . The Targum ascribes the deception to the false prophets, and not to God,

``surely behold the false prophets deceive this people, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem;''

or this may be ironically said, because the false prophets pretended to speak in the name of the Lord; wherefore Jeremiah says, "surely thou hast greatly deceived" "saying, ye shall have peace"; as the false prophets did, ( Jeremiah 6:14 ) : whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul;
takes away the life, many are slain by it; so the Targum,

``and now behold the sword killeth among the people;''

great slaughter is made by it. L'Empereur ^F23 observes that the word here used signifies, in the Arabic language, to educate or bring up; and then the sense is,

``ah, Lord, thou hast brought up this people with great tenderness, and promised them all manner of happiness; but now thou thunderest out threatenings of calamities of all sorts, and death itself; and assigned a place for the sword to enter into their very souls;''

so the Arabic word <arabic> used in the version of ( Acts 22:2 ) ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Not. ad Mosis Kimchi, (odoiporia) , p. 186.

Jeremías 4:10 In-Context

8 Así que póngase ropa de luto
y lloren con el corazón destrozado,
porque la ira feroz del Señor
todavía está sobre nosotros.

9 «En aquel día —dice el Señor
—,
el rey y los funcionarios temblarán de miedo.
Los sacerdotes quedarán paralizados de terror
y los profetas, horrorizados».

10 Entonces dije: «Oh Señor
Soberano,
el pueblo ha sido engañado por lo que dijiste,
porque prometiste paz para Jerusalén.
¡Sin embargo, la espada está en su cuello!».

11 Se acerca la hora en que el Señor
dirá
a la gente de Jerusalén:
«Mi querido pueblo, desde el desierto sopla un viento abrasador,
y no la brisa suave que se usa para separar la paja del grano.

12 ¡Es una ráfaga estrepitosa que yo envié!
¡Ahora pronuncio la destrucción contra ti!».