Jeremías 5

Reina Valera 1909 (RV1909) · Español

1 DISCURRID por las plazas de Jerusalem, y mirad ahora, y sabed, y buscad en sus plazas si halláis hombre, si hay alguno que haga juicio, que busque verdad; y yo la perdonaré. 2 Y si dijeren: Vive Jehová; por tanto jurarán mentira. 3 Oh Jehová, ¿no miran tus ojos á la verdad? Azotástelos, y no les dolió; consumístelos, y no quisieron recibir corrección; endurecieron sus rostros más que la piedra, no quisieron tornarse. 4 Yo empero dije: Por cierto ellos son pobres, enloquecido han, pues no conocen el camino de Jehová, el juicio de su Dios. 5 Irme he á los grandes, y hablaréles; porque ellos conocen el camino de Jehová, el juicio de su Dios. Ciertamente ellos también quebraron el yugo, rompieron las coyundas. 6 Por tanto, león del monte los herirá, destruirálos lobo del desierto, tigre acechará sobre sus ciudades; cualquiera que de ellas saliere, será arrebatado: porque sus rebeliones se han multiplicado, hanse aumentado sus deslealtades. 7 ¿Cómo te he de perdonar por esto? Sus hijos me dejaron, y juraron por lo que no es Dios. Saciélos, y adulteraron, y en casa de ramera se juntaron en compañías. 8 Como caballos bien hartos fueron á la mañana, cada cual relinchaba á la mujer de su prójimo. 9 ¿No había de hacer visitación sobre esto? dijo Jehová. De una gente como ésta ¿no se había de vengar mi alma? 10 Escalad sus muros, y destruid; mas no hagáis consumación: quitad las almenas de sus muros, porque no son de Jehová. 11 Porque resueltamente se rebelaron contra mí la casa de Israel y la casa de Judá, dice Jehová. 12 Negaron á Jehová, y dijeron: El no es, y no vendrá mal sobre nosotros, ni veremos cuchillo ni hambre; 13 Antes los profetas serán como viento, y no hay en ellos palabra; así se hará á ellos. 14 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová Dios de los ejércitos: Porque hablasteis esta palabra, he aquí yo pongo en tu boca mis palabras por fuego, y á este pueblo por leños, y los consumirá. 15 He aquí yo traigo sobre vosotros gente de lejos, oh casa de Israel, dice Jehová; 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 á cuchillo. 18 Empero en aquellos días, dice Jehová, no os acabaré del todo. 19 Y será que cuando dijereis: ¿Por qué hizo Jehová el Dios nuestro con nosotros todas estas cosas? entonces les dirás: De la manera que me dejasteis á mí, y servisteis á dioses ajenos en vuestra tierra, así serviréis á extraños en tierra ajena. 20 Denunciad esto en la casa de Jacob, y haced que esto se oiga en Judá, diciendo: 21 Oid ahora esto, pueblo necio y sin corazón, que tienen ojos y no ven, que tienen oídos y no oyen: 22 ¿A mí no temeréis? dice Jehová; ¿no os amedrentaréis á mi presencia, que al mar por ordenación eterna, la cual no quebrantará, puse arena por término? Se levantarán tempestades, mas no prevalecerán; bramarán sus ondas, mas no lo pasarán. 23 Empero este pueblo tiene corazón falso y rebelde; tornáronse y fuéronse. 24 Y no dijeron en su corazón: Temamos ahora á Jehová Dios nuestro, que da lluvia temprana y tardía en su tiempo; los tiempos establecidos de la siega nos guarda. 25 Vuestras iniquidades han estorbado estas cosas; y vuestros pecados apartaron de vosotros el bien. 26 Porque fueron hallados en mi pueblo impíos; acechaban como quien pone lazos; pusieron trampa para tomar hombres. 27 Como jaula llena de pájaros, así están sus casas llenas de engaño: así se hicieron grandes y ricos. 28 Engordaron y pusiéronse lustrosos, y sobrepujaron los hechos del malo: no juzgaron la causa, la causa del huérfano; con todo hiciéronse prósperos, y la causa de los pobres no juzgaron. 29 ¿No tengo de visitar sobre esto? dice Jehová; ¿y de tal gente no se vengará mi alma? 30 Cosa espantosa y fea es hecha en la tierra: 31 Los profetas profetizaron mentira, y los sacerdotes dirigían por manos de ellos; y mi pueblo así lo quiso. ¿Qué pues haréis á su fin?

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Jeremías 5:1

Jr 5:1-31. The Cause of the Judgments to Be Inflicted Is the Universal Corruption of the People.

1. a man--As the pious Josiah, Baruch, and Zephaniah lived in Jerusalem at that time, Jeremiah must here mean the mass of the people, the king, his counsellors, the false prophets, and the priests, as distinguished from the faithful few, whom God had openly separated from the reprobate people; among the latter not even one just person was to be found (Is 9:16) [Calvin]; the godly, moreover, were forbidden to intercede for them (Jr 7:16; compare Ge 18:23, &c.; Psa 12:1; Eze 22:30).

see ... know--look ... ascertain.

judgment--justice, righteousness.

pardon it--rather, her.

Jeremías 5:2

2. (Tit 1:16).

swear falsely--not a judicial oath; but their profession of the worship of Jehovah is insincere (Jr 5:7; Jr 4:2). The reformation under Josiah was merely superficial in the case of the majority.

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3. eyes upon the truth--(De 32:4; 2Ch 16:9). "Truth" is in contrast with "swear falsely" (Jr 5:2). The false-professing Jews could expect nothing but judgments from the God of truth.

stricken ... not grieved--(Jr 2:30; Is 1:5; 9:13).

refused ... correction--(Jr 7:28; Zep 3:2).

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4. poor--rather, "the poor." He supposes for the moment that this utter depravity is confined to the uninstructed poor, and that he would find a different state of things in the higher ranks: but there he finds unbridled profligacy.

Jeremías 5:5

5. they have known--rather, "they must know." The prophet supposes it as probable, considering their position.

but these--I found the very reverse to be the case.

burst ... bonds--set God's law at defiance (Psa 2:3).

Jeremías 5:6

6. lion ... wolf ... leopard--the strongest, the most ravenous, and the swiftest, respectively, of beasts: illustrating the formidable character of the Babylonians.

of the evenings--Others not so well translate, of the deserts. The plural means that it goes forth every evening to seek its prey (Psa 104:20; Ha 1:8; Zep 3:3).

leopard ... watch ... cities--(Ho 13:7). It shall lie in wait about their cities.

Jeremías 5:7

7. It would not be consistent with God's holiness to let such wickedness pass unpunished.

sworn by--(Jr 5:2; Jr 4:2); that is, worshipped.

no gods--(De 32:21).

fed ... to the full--so the Keri (Hebrew Margin) reads. God's bountifulness is contrasted with their apostasy (De 32:15). Prosperity, the gift of God, designed to lead men to Him, often produces the opposite effect. The Hebrew Chetib (text) reads: "I bound them (to Me) by oath," namely, in the marriage covenant, sealed at Sinai between God and Israel; in contrast to which stands their "adultery"; the antithesis favors this.

adultery ... harlots' houses--spiritually: idolatry in temples of idols; but literal prostitution is also included, being frequently part of idol-worship: for example, in the worship of the Babylonian Mylitta.

Jeremías 5:8

8. in the morning--(Is 5:11). "Rising early in the morning" is a phrase for unceasing eagerness in any pursuit; such was the Jews' avidity after idol-worship. Maurer translates from a different Hebrew root, "continually wander to and fro," inflamed with lust (Jr 2:23). But English Version is simpler (compare Jr 13:27; Eze 22:11).

Jeremías 5:10

10. Abrupt apostrophe to the Babylonians, to take Jerusalem, but not to destroy the nation utterly (see on Jr 4:27).

battlements--rather, tendrils [Maurer]: the state being compared to a vine (Jr 12:10), the stem of which was to be spared, while the tendrils (the chief men) were to be removed.

Jeremías 5:12

12. belied--denied.

It is not he--rather, "(Jehovah) is not He," that is, the true and only God (Jr 14:22; De 32:39; Is 43:10, 13). By their idolatry they virtually denied Him. Or, referring to what follows, and to Jr 5:9, "(Jehovah) is not," namely, about to be the punisher of our sins (Jr 14:13; Is 28:15).

Jeremías 5:13

13. Continuation of the unbelieving language of the Jews.

the prophets--who prophesy punishment coming on us.

the word--the Holy Spirit, who speaks through true prophets, is not in them [Maurer]. Or else, "There is no word (divine communication) in them" (Ho 1:2) [Rosenmuller].

thus, &c.--Their ill-omened prophecies shall fall on themselves.

Jeremías 5:14

14. ye ... thy ... this people--He turns away from addressing the people to the prophet; implying that He puts them to a distance from Him, and only communicates with them through His prophet (Jr 5:19).

fire ... wood--Thy denunciations of judgments shall be fulfilled and shall consume them as fire does wood. In Jr 23:29 it is the penetrating energy of fire which is the point of comparison.

Jeremías 5:15

15. (Jr 1:15; 6:22). Alluding to De 28:49, &c.

Israel--that is, Judah.

mighty--from an Arabic root, "enduring." The fourfold repetition of "nation" heightens the force.

ancient--The Chaldeans came originally from the Carduchian and Armenian mountains north of Mesopotamia, whence they immigrated into Babylonia; like all mountaineers, they were brave and hardy (see on Is 23:13).

language ... knowest not--Is 36:11 shows that Aramaic was not understood by the "multitude," but only by the educated classes [Maurer]. Henderson refers it to the original language of the Babylonians, which, he thinks, they brought with them from their native hills, akin to the Persic, not to the Aramaic, or any other Semitic tongue, the parent of the modern Kurd.

Jeremías 5:16

16. open sepulchre--(Compare Psa 5:9). Their quiver is all-devouring, as the grave opened to receive the dead: as many as are the arrows, so many are the deaths.

Jeremías 5:18

18. Not even in those days of judgments, will God utterly exterminate His people.

I will not make a full end with you--(Jr 5:10; Jr 4:27).

Jeremías 5:19

19. Retribution in kind. As ye have forsaken Me (Jr 2:13), so shall ye be forsaken by Me. As ye have served strange (foreign) gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers (foreigners) in a land not yours. Compare the similar retribution in De 28:47, 48.

Jeremías 5:21

21. eyes ... ears, and--Translate, "and yet" (compare De 29:4; Is 6:9). Having powers of perception, they did not use them: still they were responsible for the exercise of them.

Jeremías 5:22

22. sand--Though made up of particles easily shifting about, I render it sufficient to curb the violence of the sea. Such is your monstrous perversity, that the raging, senseless sea sooner obeys Me, than ye do who profess to be intelligent [Calvin], (Job 26:10; 38:10, 11; Pr 8:29; Re 15:4).

Jeremías 5:24

24. rain ... former ... latter--The "former" falls from the middle of October to the beginning of December. The "latter," or spring rain in Palestine, falls before harvest in March and April, and is essential for ripening the crops (De 11:14; Joe 2:23).

weeks of ... harvest--the seven weeks between passover and pentecost, beginning on the sixteenth of Nisan (De 16:9). By God's special providence no rain fell in Palestine during the harvest weeks, so that harvest work went on without interruption (see Ge 8:22).

Jeremías 5:25

25. National guilt had caused the suspension of these national mercies mentioned in Jr 5:24 (compare Jr 3:3).

Jeremías 5:26

26. (Pr 1:11, 17, 18; Ha 1:15).

as he that setteth snares--rather, "as fowlers crouch" [Maurer].

trap--literally, "destruction": the instrument of destruction.

catch men--not as Peter, to save (Lu 5:10), but to destroy men.

Jeremías 5:27

27. full of deceit--full of treasures got by deceit.

rich--(Psa 73:12, 18-20).

Jeremías 5:28

28. shine--the effect of fatness on the skin (De 32:15). They live a life of self-indulgence.

overpass ... the wicked--exceed even the Gentiles in wickedness (Jr 2:33; Eze 5:6, 7).

judge not ... fatherless--(Is 1:23).

yet ... prosper--(Jr 12:1).

Jeremías 5:29

29. (Jr 5:9; Mal 3:5).

Jeremías 5:31

31. bear rule by their means--literally, "according to their hands," that is, under their guidance (1Ch 25:3). As a sample of the priests lending themselves to the deceits of the false prophets, to gain influence over the people, see Jr 29:24-32.

love to have it so--(Mi 2:11).

end thereof--the fatal issue of this sinful course when divine judgments shall come.

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