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Lamentaciones 4:17

Listen to Lamentaciones 4:17
17 En vano esperamos que nuestros aliados
vinieran a salvarnos,
pero buscábamos socorro en naciones
que no podían ayudarnos.

Lamentaciones 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 4:17

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help
Or, "while we were yet" F8; a nation, a people, a body politic, in our own land, before the city of Jerusalem was taken, we were looking for help, as was promised us; but it proved a vain help, none was given us; for which we kept looking to the last, till our eyes failed, and we could look no longer; no help appeared, nor was there any prospect or probability of it, and therefore gave all up: in our watching we watched for a nation [that] could not save [us];
not the Romans, as the Targum, but the Egyptians; these promised them help and relief, and therefore in their watching they watched, or vehemently watched, and wistfully looked out for it, but all in vain; for though these made an attempt to help them, they durst not proceed; were obliged to retire, not being a match for the Chaldean army, and so could not save them, or break up the siege, and relieve them.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (hnydwe) "quum adhuc essemus", Munster: Piscator.
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Lamentaciones 4:17 In-Context

15 «¡Apártense! —les gritaba la gente—,
¡ustedes están contaminados! ¡No nos toquen!».
Así que huyeron a tierras distantes
y deambularon entre naciones extranjeras,
pero nadie les permitió quedarse.
16 El Señor
mismo los dispersó,
y ya no los ayuda.
La gente no tiene respeto por los sacerdotes
y ya no honra a los líderes.
17 En vano esperamos que nuestros aliados
vinieran a salvarnos,
pero buscábamos socorro en naciones
que no podían ayudarnos.
18 Era imposible andar por las calles
sin poner en peligro la vida.
Se acercaba nuestro fin; nuestros días estaban contados.
¡Estábamos condenados!
19 Nuestros enemigos fueron más veloces que las águilas en vuelo.
Si huíamos a las montañas, nos encontraban;
si nos escondíamos en el desierto,
allí estaban esperándonos.
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