Jeremías 50:13

13 Por el enojo del SEÑORno será habitada,sino que quedará en desolación.Todo el que pase por Babiloniaquedará pasmado al ver todas sus heridas.

Jeremías 50:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the Lord, it shall not be inhabited,
&c.] That is, Babylon; which the Targum expresses,

``because thou, Babylon, hast provoked the Lord;''

by their idolatry, luxury, ill usage of his people, and profanation of the vessels of the sanctuary; therefore it should be destroyed, and left without an inhabitant in it: but it shall be wholly desolate;
as it now is. Pausanias says ^F15, in his time there was nothing but a wall remaining; and Jerom ^F16 says, he had it from a brother Elamite, or Persian, that Babylon was then a park or place for royal hunting, and that beasts of every kind were kept within its walls: of mystical Babylon, see ( Revelation 16:19 ) ( 18:2 ) ; everyone that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all
her plagues;
any traveller that had seen it in its glory would now be astonished to see the desolation of it; and, by way of scorn and derision, hiss at the judgments of God upon it, and rejoice at them, and shake their head, as the Targum.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Arcadica, sive l. 8. p. 509.
F16 Comment. in Isaiam, fol. 23. C.

Jeremías 50:13 In-Context

11 »¡Ustedes, que saquean mi heredad,alégrense y regocíjense!¡Salten como terneros en la pradera,relinchen como sementales!

12 Pero la patria de ustedesquedará humillada;la que les dio la vida quedará en vergüenza.Será la última de las naciones;se convertirá en sequedal, desierto y estepa.

13 Por el enojo del SEÑORno será habitada,sino que quedará en desolación.Todo el que pase por Babiloniaquedará pasmado al ver todas sus heridas.

14 »¡Tomen posiciones alrededor de Babilonia,todos los que tensan el arco!¡Dispárenle, no escatimen flechas,porque ha pecado contra el SEÑOR!

15 Griten en torno de ella:¡Babilonia se rinde!¡Cayeron sus torres,se derrumbaron sus muros!¡Esta es la venganza del SEÑOR!¡Vénguense de ella!¡Páguenle con la misma moneda!