Jeremías 6:19

19 Escucha, tierra:Traigo sobre este pueblo una desgracia,fruto de sus maquinaciones,porque no prestaron atención a mis palabras,sino que rechazaron mi enseñanza.

Jeremías 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people,
&c.] The people of the Jews; the evil of punishment, for the evil of sin committed by them; wherefore the earth, and the inhabitants of it, are called upon to bear witness to, the righteousness of such a procedure: even the fruit of their thoughts;
which they thought of, contrived, and devised; which shows that they did not do what they did inadvertently, but with thought and design. Kimchi interprets it of sinful deeds and actions, the fruit of thoughts; but his father, of thoughts themselves. The Talmudists, ^F25 comment upon it thus,

``a thought which brings forth fruit, the holy blessed God joins it to an action; but a thought in which there is no fruit, the holy blessed God does not join to action;''

that is, in punishment; very wrongly. For the sense is, that God would bring upon them the calamities and distresses their thoughts and the evil counsels of their minds deserved. The Targum renders it,

``the retribution or reward of their works.''

Because they have not hearkened unto my words;
spoken to them by the prophets: nor to my law, but rejected it;
neither hearkened to the law, nor to the prophets, but despised both. The Targum is,

``because they obeyed not the words of my servants, the prophets, and abhorred my law.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 40. 1.

Jeremías 6:19 In-Context

17 Yo aposté centinelas para ustedes, y dije:“Presten atención al toque de trompeta”.Pero ellos dijeron:“No prestaremos atención”.

18 Por eso, ¡escuchen, naciones!¡Sepa la congregación lo que le espera!

19 Escucha, tierra:Traigo sobre este pueblo una desgracia,fruto de sus maquinaciones,porque no prestaron atención a mis palabras,sino que rechazaron mi enseñanza.

20 ¿De qué me sirve este incienso que llega de Sabá,o la caña dulce de un país lejano?Sus holocaustos no me gustan;sus sacrificios no me agradan».

21 Por eso, así dice el SEÑOR:«Voy a ponerle obstáculos a este pueblo.Padres e hijos tropezarán contra ellos,vecinos y amigos perecerán».