Jeremías 50:3

3 Porque la ataca una nación del norte,que dejará desolada a su tierra.Hombres y animales saldrán huyendo,y no habrá nadie que la habite.

Jeremías 50:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:3

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her
The Medes and Persians, which under Cyrus were one nation; and which not only lay north of Judea, where this prophecy came, but of Babylon, against which they were to come; and might lay more north to it, before the enlargement of their dominions; and besides, Cyrus came through Assyria to Babylon, which lay north of it; see ( Isaiah 41:25 ) . Thus, as Rome Pagan was sacked and taken by the Goths and Vandals, that came out of the north; so Rome Papal, and the antichristian states, will be destroyed by the Christian princes of the north, or those who have embraced what the Papists call the northern heresy; tidings out of the north shall trouble antichrist, ( Daniel 11:44 ) ; which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein;
that is, in process of time; for this desolation was not made at once; it was begun by Cyrus, made greater by Darius, and completed by Seleucus Nicator; they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast;
or, "from man to beast" ^F4; such as were not slain should either flee away or be carried captive; so that in time none should remain, either of man or beast; see ( Isaiah 13:19-22 ) ; and for the accomplishment of it on mystical Babylon see ( Revelation 18:2 Revelation 18:21-23 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (hmhb dew Mdam) "ab homine et usque ad animal", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad bestiam", Schmidt.

Jeremías 50:3 In-Context

1 La palabra del SEÑOR acerca de los babilonios y de su país vino al profeta Jeremías:

2 «¡Anuncien y proclamen entre las naciones!¡Proclámenlo, levanten un estandarte!No oculten nada, sino digan:“¡Babilonia será conquistada!¡Bel quedará en vergüenza!¡Marduc quedará aterrado!¡Sus imágenes quedan humilladas,y aterrados sus ídolos!”

3 Porque la ataca una nación del norte,que dejará desolada a su tierra.Hombres y animales saldrán huyendo,y no habrá nadie que la habite.

4 »En aquellos días, en aquel tiempo,la gente de Israel y de Judáirá llorando en busca del SEÑOR, su Dios—afirma el SEÑOR—.

5 Preguntarán por el camino de Sión,y hacia allá se encaminarán.Vendrán y se aferrarán al SEÑORen un pacto eterno, que ya no olvidarán.