Lamentaciones 1:5

Listen to Lamentaciones 1:5
5 Sus enemigos han sido hechos cabeza, sus aborrecedores fueron prosperados; Porque Jehov谩 la afligi贸 por la multitud de sus rebeliones: Sus ni帽os fueron en cautividad delante del enemigo.

Lamentaciones 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries are the chief
Or, "for the head" F14; or are the head, as was threatened, ( Deuteronomy 28:44 ) ; and now fulfilled; the Chaldeans having got the dominion over the Jews, and obliged them to be subject to them: her enemies prosper;
in wealth and riches, in grandeur and glory; live in ease and tranquillity, enjoying all outward felicity and happiness; while Zion was in distress; which was an aggravation of it; and yet this was but righteous judgment: for the Lord hath afflicted her;
who is righteous in all his ways: the Chaldeans were but instruments; the evil was from the Lord, according to his will and righteous determination, as appears by what follows: for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into
captivity before the enemy;
that is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea were carried captive by the enemy, and drove before them as a flock of sheep, and that for the sins of the nation; and these not a few, but were very numerous, as Mordecai and Ezekiel, and others, who were carried captive young with Jeconiah, as well as many now.


FOOTNOTES:

F14 (varl) "in caput", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "facti sunt caput", Cocceius.
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Lamentaciones 1:5 In-Context

3 Fu茅se Jud谩, a causa de la aflicci贸n y de la grandeza de servidumbre; Ella mor贸 entre las gentes, y no hall贸 descanso: Todos sus perseguidores la alcanzaron entre estrechuras.
4 Las calzadas de Si贸n tienen luto, porque no hay quien venga 谩 las solemnidades; Todas sus puertas est谩n asoladas, sus sacerdotes gimen, Sus v铆rgenes afligidas, y ella tiene amargura.
5 Sus enemigos han sido hechos cabeza, sus aborrecedores fueron prosperados; Porque Jehov谩 la afligi贸 por la multitud de sus rebeliones: Sus ni帽os fueron en cautividad delante del enemigo.
6 Fu茅se de la hija de Si贸n toda su hermosura: Sus pr铆ncipes fueron como ciervos que no hallan pasto, Y anduvieron sin fortaleza delante del perseguidor.
7 Jerusalem, cuando cay贸 su pueblo en mano del enemigo y no hubo quien le ayudase, Se acord贸 de los d铆as de su aflicci贸n, y de sus rebeliones, Y de todas sus cosas deseables que tuvo desde los tiempos antiguos: Mir谩ronla los enemigos, y escarnecieron de sus s谩bados.
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