Lamentaciones 1:14

14 »Él tejió sogas con mis pecados
para atarme a un yugo de cautiverio.
El Señor minó mis fuerzas; me entregó a mis enemigos
y en sus manos soy incapaz de levantarme.

Lamentaciones 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:14

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand
That is, the punishment of her sins was laid upon her by the Lord himself; his hand was in it; it came from him; the Chaldeans were only instruments; and a heavy yoke this was. So the Targum renders it,

``the yoke of my rebellions is made heavy by his hand:''

they are wreathed, [and] come upon my neck;
or, "twisted together" ^F2; as lines to make a cord; or as several cords to make a rope; or as branches of trees or withes are implicated and entwined; and so the Targum,

``they are twisted together as the branches of a vine.''

It denotes the complication of judgments upon the Jewish nation for their sins, with which they were holden as with cords; and which were like ropes about their necks, very heavy and distressing to them, and from which they could not deliver themselves. Mr. Broughton thinks the apostle has reference to this passage; and explains it by the sin that easily besets, or cunningly wraps about, ( Hebrews 12:1 ) ; he hath made my strength to fall;
by the weight of punishment laid upon her, which she could not stand up under, but sunk and fell: this may be understood of her strong and mighty men; her men of valour and courage, who yet stumbled and fell: the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not
able to rise up;
meaning the Chaldeans; nor were the Jews at last delivered from them by their own strength, but by the means of Cyrus the Persian conquering Babylon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wgrtvy) "involutae", Vatablus; "perplexae", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "contortae", Piscator, Grotius, Michaelis.

Lamentaciones 1:14 In-Context

12 »¿No les importa nada, ustedes que pasan por aquí?
Miren a su alrededor y vean si hay otro sufrimiento como el mío,
que el Señor
descargó sobre mí
cuando estalló en ira feroz.

13 »Él mandó fuego del cielo que me quema los huesos.
Tendió una trampa en mi camino y me hizo volver atrás.
Me dejó devastada
y atormentada día y noche por la enfermedad.

14 »Él tejió sogas con mis pecados
para atarme a un yugo de cautiverio.
El Señor minó mis fuerzas; me entregó a mis enemigos
y en sus manos soy incapaz de levantarme.

15 »El Señor trató con desdén
a mis hombres valientes.
A su orden llegó un gran ejército
para aplastar a mis jóvenes guerreros.
El Señor pisoteó su amada ciudad
como se pisotean las uvas en un lagar.

16 »Por todas estas cosas lloro;
lágrimas corren por mis mejillas.
No tengo a nadie que me consuele;
todos los que podrían alentarme están lejos.
Mis hijos no tienen futuro
porque el enemigo nos ha conquistado».