Jeremias 13:21

Listen to Jeremias 13:21
21 O que vocĂȘ dirĂĄ quando sobre vocĂȘ dominaremaqueles que vocĂȘ sempre teve como aliados?VocĂȘ nĂŁo irĂĄ sentir dorescomo as de uma mulher em trabalho de parto?

Jeremias 13:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:21

What will thou say when he shall punish thee?
&c.] Or, "visit upon thee" F6; that is, either when God shall punish thee for thy sins, thou canst bring no charge of injustice against him, or murmur and repine at the punishment inflicted on thee; so Jarchi; to which agrees the Targum,

``when he shall visit on thee thy sin;''
or else, to which the following words seem to incline, when the enemy shall visit upon thee; so Kimchi and Abarbinel, when the Chaldeans shall come upon thee, and pay thee a visit, an unwelcome one; yet who wilt thou have to blame but thyself? so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "when they shall visit thee"; these words are directed, not to the king, nor to the queen neither; but to the body of the people, the Jewish state, represented as a woman; who, upon consideration of things past, would have a great deal of reason to reflect upon themselves for what they had done in former times, which had led on to their ruin and destruction: (for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee;)
the Jews showed the Assyrians the way into their country, used them to come thither, and taught them how to conquer them, and be masters over them; or, "hast taught them against thee" F7; to thy hurt and detriment, to be captains or governors; for an head,
to have the rule over them: this was done by Ahaz, when he sent to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria to come and save him out of the hands of the kings of Syria and Israel, ( 2 Kings 16:7 ) and by Hezekiah, when he showed the messengers of the king of Babylon all his treasures; these were invitations and temptations to come and plunder them: shall not sorrows take thee as a woman in travail?
denoting the suddenness of their calamities; the sharpness and severity of them; and that they would be inevitable, and could not be prevented.
FOOTNOTES:

F6 (Kyle dqpy yk) "quando visitabit super te"; Cocceius; "quum visitaverit super te", Schmidt.
F7 (Kyle Mta tdml taw) "docuisti istos contra te", Piscator.
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Jeremias 13:21 In-Context

19 As cidades do Neguebe estĂŁo bloqueadase nĂŁo hĂĄ quem nelas consiga entrar.Todo o JudĂĄ foi levado para o exĂ­lio,todos foram exilados.
20 Erga os olhos, JerusalĂ©m,e veja aqueles que vĂȘm do norte.Onde estĂĄ o rebanho que foi confiado a vocĂȘ,as ovelhas das quais se orgulhava?
21 O que vocĂȘ dirĂĄ quando sobre vocĂȘ dominaremaqueles que vocĂȘ sempre teve como aliados?VocĂȘ nĂŁo irĂĄ sentir dorescomo as de uma mulher em trabalho de parto?
22 E, se vocĂȘ se perguntar:“Por que aconteceu isso comigo?”,saiba que foi por causa dos seus muitos pecadosque as suas vestes foram levantadase vocĂȘ foi violentada.
23 SerĂĄ que o etĂ­ope pode mudar a sua pele?Ou o leopardo as suas pintas?Assim tambĂ©m vocĂȘs sĂŁo incapazes de fazer o bem,vocĂȘs, que estĂŁo acostumados a praticar o mal.
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