Jeremías 6:5

5 Levantaos, y subamos de noche, y destruyamos sus palacios.

Jeremías 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 6:5

Arise, and let us go up by night
Since they could not take the city at noon, and by day, as they expected, they propose to attempt it by night; they would lose no time, but proceed on, day and night, until they had accomplished their end; this shows how much they were resolved upon it, and that nothing could discourage from it; and that they were sure of carrying their point: and therefore it follows, and let us destroy her palaces;
the tower and strong hold of Zion, the temple of Jerusalem, the king's palace, the houses of the high priest, judges, counsellors, and other civil magistrates, as well as the cottages of the meaner sort of people; for the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "her houses"; which, notwithstanding her strong walls, were not secure from the enemy.

Jeremías 6:5 In-Context

3 A ella vendrán pastores y sus rebaños; junto a ella en derredor pondrán sus tiendas; cada uno apacentará a su parte.

4 Denunciad guerra contra ella; levantaos y subamos hacia el mediodía. ¡Ay de nosotros! Que va cayendo ya el día, que las sombras de la tarde se han extendido.

5 Levantaos, y subamos de noche, y destruyamos sus palacios.

6 Porque así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: Cortad árboles, y extended baluarte junto a Jerusalén; ésta es la ciudad que toda ella ha de ser visitada; violencia hay en medio de ella.

7 Como la fuente nunca cesa de manar sus aguas, así nunca cesa de manar su malicia; injusticia y robo se oye en ella; continuamente en mi presencia, enfermedad y herida.