Geremia 15:4

4 E farò sì che saranno agitati per tutti i regni della terra, a cagione di Manasse, figliuolo di Ezechia, re di Giuda, e di tutto quello ch’egli ha fatto in Gerusalemme.

Geremia 15:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 15:4

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
earth
Not only into Babylon, but into other countries; which has had its full accomplishment in this their last captivity by the Romans: or "I will give them for a commotion" F26; shaking and trembling; they shall be like Cain, fugitives and vagabonds, and be in fear and trembling everywhere, for what is, or is about to come upon them: or "for horror unto all kingdoms" F1; all that see the calamities and judgments that come upon them will be struck with dread and horror, plainly seeing the hand of the Lord in them: because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah;
because of the idolatry and murder committed by him; and which were the more aggravated, by having so good a parent, and so religious an education, and by his high office and dignity as king of Judah; and though these sins were personally forgiven him, yet, being imitated and continued in by the Jews, captivity is threatened them. The Targum is,

``because they turned not (or were not converted) as Manasseh;''
and so in the Talmud F2, because Manasseh repented, and they did not; but this sense the words will not bear, because of what goes before, of which these are a reason; and because of what follows after, which are connected with them: for that which he did in Jerusalem;
the innocent blood he shed there, and the idolatrous worship he there set up; even where the temple was, the place of God's worship, and which was the metropolis of the nation, and so set an example, which must influence the whole country.
FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hewzl) "in commotionem", Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F1 "In horrorem", Cocceius.
F2 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 2.

Geremia 15:4 In-Context

2 E se pur ti dicono: Dove ce ne andremo? tu risponderai loro: Così dice l’Eterno: Alla morte, i destinati alla morte; alla spada, i destinati alla spada; alla fame, i destinati alla fame; alla cattività, i destinati alla cattività.
3 Io manderò contro di loro quattro specie di flagelli, dice l’Eterno: la spada, per ucciderli; i cani, per trascinarli; gli uccelli del cielo e le bestie della terra, per divorarli e per distruggerli.
4 E farò sì che saranno agitati per tutti i regni della terra, a cagione di Manasse, figliuolo di Ezechia, re di Giuda, e di tutto quello ch’egli ha fatto in Gerusalemme.
5 Poiché chi avrebbe pietà di te, o Gerusalemme? Chi ti compiangerebbe? Chi s’incomoderebbe per domandarti come stai?
6 Tu m’hai respinto, dice l’Eterno; ti sei tirata indietro; perciò io stendo la mano contro di te, e ti distruggo; sono stanco di pentirmi.
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