Jeremías 4:31

31 Oigo gritos como de parturienta,gemidos como de primeriza.Son los gemidos de la bella Sión,que respira con dificultad;que extiende los brazos y dice:«¡Ay de mí, que desfallezco!¡Estoy en manos de asesinos!»

Jeremías 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail
So the distress of the Jews, at the time of their destruction, is compared to the sorrows of a woman in travail; and a word, that signifies that is used to express it, ( Matthew 24:8 ) : and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child;
whose time is more difficult, her pains sharper, her anguish greater, and, having less experience, the more impatient: the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself;
her unhappy condition, and miserable circumstances: that spreadeth her hands;
as persons in distress do, and particularly women in travail: saying, woe is me now, for my soul is wearied because of murderers:
these abounded: under the second temple, and was the reason, the Jews say: {m}, of the sanhedrim removing from their usual place in the temple; and why they ceased from the beheading of the red heifer ^F14.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 8. 2.
F14 Misn. Sota, c. 9. sect. 9.

Jeremías 4:31 In-Context

29 Ante el ruido de arqueros y jineteshuye toda la ciudad.Algunos se meten en los matorrales,otros trepan por los peñascos.Toda la ciudad queda abandonada;¡no queda un solo habitante!

30 ¿Qué piensas hacer, ciudad devastada?¿Para qué te vistes de púrpura?¿Para qué te pones joyas de oro?¿Para qué te maquillas los ojos?En vano te embelleces,pues tus amantes te desprecian;solo buscan tu muerte.

31 Oigo gritos como de parturienta,gemidos como de primeriza.Son los gemidos de la bella Sión,que respira con dificultad;que extiende los brazos y dice:«¡Ay de mí, que desfallezco!¡Estoy en manos de asesinos!»