This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.
זֶ֣ה גוֹרָלֵ֧ךְ מְנָת־מִדַּ֛יִךְ מֵֽאִתִּ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ אוֹתִ֔י וַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖י בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
This is the outcome of your actions, the consequence of your rebellion against me. This results from your disobedience, as the false prophets proclaimed misleading messages. Since you have turned away from me, pay attention to the reason; thus, I will respond in kind. The term used here also appears in the ancient versions of the Greek translation, while the Slavonic refers to you in accordance with the Hebrew text or the Latin interpretation.
I will disperse them like chaff blown away by the wind in the desolate places. This is your inheritance and part of your measurement from Me, declares the Lord, reflecting your disobedience to Me. Because they were unable to transform their nature due to their persistent sinful habits, not due to any fault of the Creator, but rather because of their clinging to recurring offenses, I will cast them into the wilderness like straw scattered by the breeze, in accordance with what is stated in another passage: like the dust that the wind drives away from the surface of the earth (Psalm 1:4). This pertains to Jerusalem itself, which has chosen its fate and has received the full measure of its disobedience.
By this, it has rebelled against God; for whatever measure one uses, that same measure will be used to judge them (Matthew 7).
Because you have forgotten Me and have placed your trust in falsehood, I will expose your nakedness and your shame shall be made known; your infidelities and your outcries, the estrangement caused by your unfaithfulness. The reason that Jerusalem was scattered is due to its failure to remember God and instead trusting in deceit. Whoever places their confidence in worldly matters apart from God forgets Him; therefore, their sins are laid bare for them to witness their shame, so that what should have remained hidden is made visible, allowing all to see the consequences of their actions. He speaks of your infidelities and outcries, illustrating not just unbridled desire but also the madness that accompanies such unchecked passion, reminiscent of the wild frenzy found among horses, as Virgil notes: “...Hippomania, as the shepherds aptly name it, ensures that slow poison seeps from the secret wound.” Let us beseech Jesus, that neither now nor in the age to come may He expose our shame, but rather abolish all our iniquities and reveal all our transgressions.
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