Jeremías 15:7

7 Te aventaré con la horquillapor las puertas de la ciudad.A ti te dejaré sin hijos,y a mi pueblo lo destruiré,porque no cambió su conducta.

Jeremías 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:7

I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land
Either of their own land, the land of Judea; and so the Septuagint version, "in the gates of my people"; alluding to the custom of winnowing corn in open places; and by fanning is meant the dispersion of the Jews, and their being carried captive out of their own land into other countries: or of the land of the enemy, into their cities, as the Targum paraphrases it; gates being put for them frequently; whither they should be scattered by the fan of the Lord; for what was done by the enemy, as an instrument, is ascribed to him: I will bereave them of children;
which shall die of famine, or pestilence, or by the sword, or in captivity: I will destroy my people; which must be when children are cut off, by which families, towns, cities, and kingdoms, are continued and kept up; and this he was resolved to do, though they were his people: since they return not from their ways;
their evil ways, which they had gone into, forsaking the ways of God, and his worship: or, yet they return not from their ways
^F4; though fanned with the fan of affliction, bereaved of their children, and threatened with destruction: it expresses their obstinate continuance in their evil ways, and the reason of God's dealing with them as above.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wbv al Mhykrdm) "et tamen a viis suis non sunt reversi", V. L. Diodatus, Genevenses.

Jeremías 15:7 In-Context

5 »¿Quién tendrá compasión de ti, Jerusalén?¿Quién llorará por ti?¿Quién se detendrá a preguntar por tu salud?

6 Tú me has rechazado,te has vuelto atrás—afirma el SEÑOR—.Extenderé mi mano contra ti,y te destruiré;estoy cansado de tenerte compasión.

7 Te aventaré con la horquillapor las puertas de la ciudad.A ti te dejaré sin hijos,y a mi pueblo lo destruiré,porque no cambió su conducta.

8 Haré que sus viudas sean más numerosasque la arena de los mares;en pleno día enviaré destruccióncontra las madres de los jóvenes.De repente haré que caigan sobre ellasla angustia y el pavor.

9 Se desmaya la que tuvo siete hijos;se queda sin aliento.Su sol se pone en pleno día;¡se queda avergonzada y humillada!A sus sobrevivientes los entregaré a la espadadelante de sus enemigos»,afirma el SEÑOR.