Lamentações de Jeremias 2:21

21 “Jovens e velhos espalham-seem meio ao pó das ruas;meus jovens e minhas virgenscaíram mortos à espada.Tu os sacrificaste no dia da tua ira;tu os mataste sem piedade.

Lamentações de Jeremias 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 2:21

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets
Young men and old men, virgins and aged women; these promiscuously lay on the ground in the public streets, fainting and dying for want of food; or lay killed there by the sword of the enemy; the Chaldeans sparing neither age nor sex. The Targum interprets it of their sleeping on the ground,

``young men slept on the ground in the villages, and old men who used to lie on pillows of fine wool, and on beds of ivory;''

but the former sense is confirmed by what follows: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword;
by the sword of the Chaldeans, when they entered the city: thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger: thou hast killed,
[and] not pitied;
the Chaldeans were only instruments; it was the Lord's doing; it was according to his will; it was what he had purposed and decreed; what he had solemnly declared and threatened; and now in his providence brought about, for the sins of the Jews, by which he was provoked to anger; and so gave them up into the hands of their enemies, to slay them without mercy; and which is here owned; the church takes notice of the hand of God in all this.

Lamentações de Jeremias 2:21 In-Context

19 Levante-se, grite no meio da noite,quando começam as vigílias noturnas;derrame o seu coração como águana presença do Senhor.Levante para ele as mãosem favor da vida de seus filhos,que desmaiam de fomenas esquinas de todas as ruas.

20 “Olha, SENHOR, e considera:A quem trataste dessa maneira?Deverão as mulheres comer seus próprios filhos,que elas criaram com tanto amor?Deverão os profetas e os sacerdotesser assassinados no santuário do Senhor?

21 “Jovens e velhos espalham-seem meio ao pó das ruas;meus jovens e minhas virgenscaíram mortos à espada.Tu os sacrificaste no dia da tua ira;tu os mataste sem piedade.

22 “Como se faz convocação para um dia de festa,convocaste contra mim terrores por todos os lados.No dia da ira do SENHOR,ninguém escapou nem sobreviveu;aqueles dos quais eu cuidava e que eu fiz crescer,o meu inimigo destruiu”.