Jeremías 4:26

26 Miré, y la tierra fértil era un desierto;yacían en ruinas todas las ciudades,por la acción del SEÑOR,por causa de su ardiente ira.

Jeremías 4:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:26

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness
Or, "I beheld, and, lo, Carmel was a wilderness"; which was a particular part of the land of Israel, and was very fertile, and abounded in pastures and fruit trees, and yet this, as the rest, became desolate as a wilderness; see ( Isaiah 32:15 ) ( 35:2 ) though it may be put for the whole land, which was very fruitful; and so the Targum,

``I saw, and, lo, the land of Israel, which was planted as Carmel, was turned to be as a wilderness:''

and all the cities thereof;
not of Carmel only, but of the whole land: were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger;
for though this was done by the Chaldeans, yet it was by the will and appointment of God, and as a token of his fierce anger against the people of the Jews, for their sins and transgressions. Jarchi cites a Midrash Agadah, or an allegorical exposition of this place, which interprets the "mountains", the Jewish fathers; the "hills", the mothers, and their merits; "no man", the worthiness of Moses, who was meeker than any man; and "Carmel", Elijah; without any manner of foundation.

Jeremías 4:26 In-Context

24 Miré a las montañas, y estaban temblando;¡se sacudían todas las colinas!

25 Miré, y no quedaba nadie;habían huido todas las aves del cielo.

26 Miré, y la tierra fértil era un desierto;yacían en ruinas todas las ciudades,por la acción del SEÑOR,por causa de su ardiente ira.

27 Así dice el SEÑOR:«Todo el país quedará desolado,pero no lo destruiré por completo.

28 Por eso el país estará de luto,y los altos cielos se oscurecerán,pues ya lo dije, y no me retractaré;lo he decidido, y no me volveré atrás».