Lamentaciones 1:5

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5 Sus enemigos se volvieron sus amos;¡tranquilos se ven sus adversarios!El SEÑOR la ha acongojadopor causa de sus muchos pecados.Sus hijos marcharon al cautiverio,arrastrados por sus enemigos.

Lamentaciones 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries are the chief
Or, "for the head" ^F14; or are the head, as was threatened, ( Deuteronomy 28:44 ) ; and now fulfilled; the Chaldeans having got the dominion over the Jews, and obliged them to be subject to them: her enemies prosper;
in wealth and riches, in grandeur and glory; live in ease and tranquillity, enjoying all outward felicity and happiness; while Zion was in distress; which was an aggravation of it; and yet this was but righteous judgment: for the Lord hath afflicted her;
who is righteous in all his ways: the Chaldeans were but instruments; the evil was from the Lord, according to his will and righteous determination, as appears by what follows: for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into
captivity before the enemy;
that is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea were carried captive by the enemy, and drove before them as a flock of sheep, and that for the sins of the nation; and these not a few, but were very numerous, as Mordecai and Ezekiel, and others, who were carried captive young with Jeconiah, as well as many now.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (varl) "in caput", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "facti sunt caput", Cocceius.

Lamentaciones 1:5 In-Context

3 Humillada, cargada de cadenas,Judá marchó al exilio.Una más entre las naciones,no encuentra reposo.Todos sus perseguidores la acosan,la ponen en aprietos.

4 Los caminos a Sión están de duelo;ya nadie asiste a sus fiestas solemnes.Las puertas de la ciudad se ven desoladas:sollozan sus sacerdotes,se turban sus doncellas,¡toda ella es amargura!

5 Sus enemigos se volvieron sus amos;¡tranquilos se ven sus adversarios!El SEÑOR la ha acongojadopor causa de sus muchos pecados.Sus hijos marcharon al cautiverio,arrastrados por sus enemigos.

6 La bella Sión ha perdidotodo su antiguo esplendor.Sus príncipes parecen venadosque vagan en busca de pastos.Exhaustos, se dan a la fugafrente a sus perseguidores.

7 Jerusalén trae a la memorialos tristes días de su peregrinaje;se acuerda de todos los tesorosque en el pasado fueron suyos.Cuando su pueblo cayó en manos enemigasnadie acudió en su ayuda.Sus adversarios vieron su caíday se burlaron de ella.