Jeremías 2:25

25 »No andes con pies descalzos, que te lastimas,ni dejes que la garganta se te reseque.Pero tú insistes: “¡No tengo remedio!Amo a dioses extraños, y tras ellos me iré”.

Jeremías 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:25

Withhold thy foot from being unshod
That it may not be unshod, be naked and bare. The sense is, either, as some, do not take long journeys into foreign countries for help, as into Assyria and Egypt, whither they used to go barefoot; or wore out their shoes by their long journeys, and so returned without; or refrain from idolatry, as Jarchi interprets it, that thou mayest not go naked into captivity; or this is an euphemism, as others think, forbidding adulterous actions, showing the naked foot, the putting off of the shoes, in order to lie upon the bed, and prostitute herself to her lovers; and is to be understood of idolatry: and thy throat from thirst;
after wine, which excites lust; abstain from eager and burning lust after adulterous, that is, idolatrous practices; so the Targum,

``refrain thy feet from being joined with the people, and thy mouth from worshipping the idols of the people.''

The words are paraphrased in the Talmud ^F5 thus,

``withhold thyself from sinning, that thy foot may not become naked; (the gloss is, "when thou goest into captivity") refrain thy tongue from idle words, that thy throat may not thirst:''

this was said by the Lord, or by the prophets of the Lord sent unto them, to which the following is an answer: but thou saidst, there is no hope;
of ever being prevailed upon to relinquish those idolatrous practices, or of being received into the favour of God after such provocations: no; I will never refrain from them; I will not be persuaded to leave them: for I have loved strangers;
the strange gods of the nations: and after them will I go;
and worship them; so the Targum,

``I love to he joined to the people, and after the Worship of their idols will I go.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 77. 1.

Jeremías 2:25 In-Context

23 »¿Cómo puedes decir:“No me he contaminado,ni me he ido tras los baales”?¡Considera tu conducta en el valle!¡Reconoce lo que has hecho!¡Camella ligera de cascos,que no puedes quedarte quieta!

24 ¡Asna salvaje que tiras al monte!Cuando ardes en deseos, olfateas el viento;cuando estás en celo, no hay quien te detenga.Ningún macho que te busque tiene que fatigarse:cuando estás en celo, fácilmente te encuentra.

25 »No andes con pies descalzos, que te lastimas,ni dejes que la garganta se te reseque.Pero tú insistes: “¡No tengo remedio!Amo a dioses extraños, y tras ellos me iré”.

26 »El pueblo de Israel se avergonzará,junto con sus reyes y autoridades,sacerdotes y profetas,como se avergüenza el ladrón cuando lo descubren.

27 A un trozo de madera le dicen:“Tú eres mi padre”,y a una piedra le repiten:“Tú me has dado a luz”.Me han vuelto la espalda;no quieren darme la cara.Pero les llega la desgracia y me dicen:“¡Levántate y sálvanos!”