Jeremías 5:11-21

11 Porque resueltamente se rebelaron contra mí la Casa de Israel y la Casa de Judá, dice el SEÑOR

12 Negaron al SEÑOR, y dijeron: El no es, y no vendrá mal sobre nosotros, ni veremos espada ni hambre

13 antes los profetas serán como viento, y no hay en ellos palabra; así se hará a ellos

14 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR Dios de los ejércitos: Porque hablasteis esta palabra, he aquí yo pongo en tu boca mis palabras por fuego, y a este pueblo por leños, y los consumirá

15 He aquí yo traigo sobre vosotros gente de lejos, oh Casa de Israel, dice el SEÑOR; gente robusta, gente antigua, gente cuya lengua ignorarás, y no entenderás lo que hablare

16 Su aljaba como sepulcro abierto, todos valientes

17 Y comerá tu mies y tu pan, que habían de comer tus hijos y tus hijas; comerá tus ovejas y tus vacas, comerá tus viñas y tus higueras; y tus ciudades fuertes en que tú confías, tornará en nada a espada

18 Pero en aquellos días, dice el SEÑOR, no os acabaré del todo

19 Y será que cuando dijereis: ¿Por qué hizo el SEÑOR Dios nuestro con nosotros todas estas cosas? Entonces les dirás: De la manera que me dejasteis a mí, y servisteis a dioses ajenos en vuestra tierra, así serviréis a extraños en tierra ajena

20 Denunciad esto en la Casa de Jacob, y haced que esto se oiga en Judá, diciendo

21 Oíd ahora esto, pueblo loco y sin corazón, que tienen ojos y no ven, que tienen oídos y no oyen

Jeremías 5:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 5

This chapter contains a further account of the destruction of the Jews by the Chaldeans, and the causes of it, the sins of the people, as want of justice and truth; being so corrupt, that a just and faithful man was not to be found among them; could there, the city would have been pardoned for his sake, Jer 5:1, their swearing falsely by the name of the Lord, Jer 5:2, their incorrigibleness by chastisements, which was the case not only of the lower, but higher rank of people, Jer 5:3-5, wherefore the enemy, who for his cruelty is compared to a lion, a wolf, and a leopard, is threatened to be let in among them, Jer 5:6, then other sins are mentioned as the cause of it, as idolatry and adultery, Jer 5:7-9 hence the enemy has a commission to scale their walls, take away their battlements, though not to make a full end, the Lord disowning them for his, Jer 5:10, because of their perfidy against him, their belying of him, contradicting what he had said, and despising the word sent by his prophets, Jer 5:11-13, wherefore it is threatened, that his word like fire should devour them; and that a distant, mighty, and ancient nation, of a foreign speech, should invade them; who, like an open sepulchre, would devour them, and eat up the increase of their fields, vineyards, flocks, and herds, and impoverish their cities, yet not make a full end of them, Jer 5:14-18, and in just retaliation should they serve strangers in a foreign country, who had served strange gods in their own, Jer 5:19 then a declaration is published, and an expostulation is made with them, who are represented as foolish, ignorant, and blind, that they would fear the Lord; which is pressed by arguments taken from the power of God, in restraining the sea, which had no effect upon them; and from the goodness of God, in giving the former and latter rain, and the appointed weeks of the harvest, which their sins turned away and withheld from them, Jer 5:20-25, and then other sins are mentioned as the cause of God's visiting them in a way of vengeance, as the defrauding of men in trade, and the oppression of the fatherless and the poor in judgment; and false prophesying, to the advantage of the priests, and the king of the people, Jer 5:26-31.