Lamentaciones 2:8

Jet

8 El SEÑOR decidió derribarla muralla que rodea a la bella Sión.Tomó la vara y midió;destruyó sin compasión.Hubo lamentos en rampas y muros;todos ellos se derrumbaron.

Lamentaciones 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:8

The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of
Zion
Either the wall of the city, as Aben Ezra; or the wall that encompassed the temple, and all the outward courts of it, as Dr. Lightfoot ^F19 thinks; this the Lord had determined to destroy, and according to his purposes did destroy it, or suffer it to be demolished; and so all were laid open for the enemy to enter: he hath stretched out a line;
a line of destruction, to mark out how far the destruction should go, and bow much should be laid in ruins; all being as exactly done, according to the purpose and counsel of God, as if it was done by line and rule; see ( Isaiah 34:11 ) ; he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying;
till he made a full end of the city and temple, as he first designed: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament:
the "chel" and the wall; all that space between the courts of the temple and the wall that surrounded it was called the "chel"; and so the Targum, the circumference or enclosure; and these were laid waste together, and so said to lament: according to others they were two walls, a wall the son of a wall, as Jarchi interprets it; an outward and an inward wall, one higher than another; a low wall over against a high wall; which was as a rampart or bulwark, for the strength and support of it: they languished together;
or fell together, as persons in a fit faint away and full to the ground.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Prospect of the Temple, c. 17. p. 1089.

Lamentaciones 2:8 In-Context

6 Ha desolado su morada como a un jardín;ha derribado su lugar de reunión.El SEÑOR ha hecho que Sión olvidesus fiestas solemnes y sus sábados;se desató su furia contra el reyy dejó de lado al sacerdote.

7 El Señor ha rechazado su altar;ha abandonado su santuario.Ha puesto en manos del enemigolas murallas de sus palacios.¡Lanzan gritos en la casa del SEÑORcomo en día de fiesta!

8 El SEÑOR decidió derribarla muralla que rodea a la bella Sión.Tomó la vara y midió;destruyó sin compasión.Hubo lamentos en rampas y muros;todos ellos se derrumbaron.

9 Las puertas se han desplomado;él rompió por completo sus cerrojos.Su rey y sus príncipesandan entre las naciones;ya no hay ley ni profetas,ni visiones de parte del SEÑOR.

10 En la bella Sión los ancianosse sientan silenciosos en el suelo;se echan ceniza sobre la cabezay se visten de luto.Postradas yacen en el suelolas jóvenes de Jerusalén.