Jeremias 51:1

1 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Vejam! Levantarei um vento destruidorcontra a Babilônia, contra o povo de Lebe-Camai.^[a]

Jeremias 51:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:1

Thus saith the Lord, behold, I will raise up against Babylon,
&c.] This is not a new prophecy, but a continuation of the former, and an enlargement of it. The Babylonians being the last and most notorious enemies of the Jews, their destruction is the longer dwelt upon; and as they were against the Lord's people the Lord was against them, and threatens to raise up instruments of his vengeance against them: and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against
me;
that dwell in Babylon, the metropolis of the Chaldeans, the seat and centre of the enemies of God and his people. It is a periphrasis of the Chaldeans; and, so the Targum renders it,

``against the inhabitants of the land of the Chaldeans;''

and so the Septuagint version, against the Chaldeans; and Jarchi and Kimchi observe that according to "athbash", a rule of interpretation with the Jews, the letters in "leb kame", rendered "the midst of them that rise up against me", answer to "Cashdim" or the Chaldeans; however they are no doubt designed; for they rose up against God, by setting up idols of their own; and against his people, by taking and carrying them captive: and now the Lord says he would raise up against them a destroying wind;
a northern one, the army of the Modes and Persians, which should sweep away all before it. The Targum is,

``people that are slayers; whose hearts are lifted up, and are beautiful in stature, and their spirit destroying.''

Jeremias 51:1 In-Context

1 Assim diz o SENHOR:“Vejam! Levantarei um vento destruidorcontra a Babilônia, contra o povo de Lebe-Camai.

2 Enviarei estrangeiros para a Babilôniaa fim de peneirá-la como trigo e devastar a sua terra.No dia de sua desgraçavirão contra ela de todos os lados.

3 Que o arqueiro não arme o seu arconem vista a sua armadura.Não poupem os seus jovens guerreiros,destruam completamente o seu exército.

4 Eles cairão mortos na Babilônia,mortalmente feridos em suas ruas.

5 Israel e Judá não foram abandonadascomo viúvas pelo seu Deus, o SENHOR dos Exércitos,embora a terra dos babilônios esteja cheia de culpadiante do Santo de Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lebe-Camai é um criptograma para Caldeia, isto é, a Babilônia.