Jeremías 51:51

51 «Sentimos vergüenza por los insultos;estamos cubiertos de deshonra,porque han penetrado extranjerosen el santuario del SEÑOR».

Jeremías 51:51 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:51

We are confounded, because we have heard reproach
These are the words of the Jews, either objecting to their return to their land; or lamenting the desolation of it; and complaining of the reproach it lay under, being destitute of inhabitants; the land in general lying waste and uncultivated; the city of Jerusalem and temple in ruins; and the worship of God ceased; and the enemy insulting and reproaching; suggesting, that their God could not protect and save them; and, under these discouragements, they could not bear the thoughts of returning to it: shame hath covered our faces;
they knew not which way to look when they heard the report of the state of their country, and the reproach of the enemy, and through shame covered their faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house;
the oracle, or the holy of holies; the temple, or the holy place, and the porch or court; so Kimchi and Abarbinel; into which the Chaldeans, strangers to God and the commonwealth of Israel, had entered, to the profanation of them, and had destroyed them.

Jeremías 51:51 In-Context

49 »Babilonia tiene que caerpor las víctimas de Israel,así como en toda la tierracayeron las víctimas de Babilonia.

50 Ustedes, los que escaparon de la espada,huyan sin demora.Invoquen al SEÑOR en tierras lejanas,y no dejen de pensar en Jerusalén».

51 «Sentimos vergüenza por los insultos;estamos cubiertos de deshonra,porque han penetrado extranjerosen el santuario del SEÑOR».

52 «Por eso, vienen díasen que castigaré a sus ídolos;a lo largo de todo el paísgemirán sus heridos—afirma el SEÑOR—.

53 Aunque Babilonia suba hasta los cielos,y en lo alto fortifique sus baluartes,yo enviaré destructores contra ella—afirma el SEÑOR—.