Éxodo 33:4

4 Cuando los israelitas oyeron estas palabras tan demoledoras, comenzaron a llorar y nadie volvió a ponerse sus adornos,

Éxodo 33:4 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:4

And when the people heard these evil tidings
That God would withdraw his gracious presence, and go not up with them himself, only send an angel with them; and especially this may respect what is threatened, ( Exodus 33:5 ) and had been said at this time:

they mourned;
were inwardly and heartily grieved for their sin, whereby they had provoked the Lord to depart from them, and gave some outward and open tokens of it:

and no man did put on his ornaments;
they used to wear at other times, their rings and jewels, which the princes and the chief among the people especially were wont to wear; and in common the people did not put on their best clothes, or what they usually wore, but clothed themselves in mournful habits, in sackcloth and ashes, or in some such like manner.

Éxodo 33:4 In-Context

2 Enviaré un ángel delante de ti, y desalojaré a cananeos, amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos.

3 Ve a la tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel. Yo no los acompañaré, porque ustedes son un pueblo terco, y podría yo destruirlos en el camino».

4 Cuando los israelitas oyeron estas palabras tan demoledoras, comenzaron a llorar y nadie volvió a ponerse sus adornos,

5 pues el SEÑOR le había dicho a Moisés: «Diles a los israelitas que son un pueblo terco. Si aun por un momento tuviera que acompañarlos, podría destruirlos. Diles que se quiten esas joyas, que ya decidiré qué hacer con ellos».

6 Por eso, a partir del monte Horeb los israelitas no volvieron a ponerse joyas.