Jeremias 33:24

24 Acaso não observaste o que este povo está dizendo: As duas famílias que o Senhor escolheu, agora as rejeitou? Assim desprezam o meu povo, como se não fora um povo diante deles.

Jeremias 33:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:24

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken
The words are directed to the prophet by an interrogation, if he had not considered in his mind what he heard the people say; not the Chaldeans, with whom the prophet was not; but the unbelieving Jews, either the profane part of them, who had a wicked view in it, to accuse God, and discourage the godly; or the weaker sort of the good people, indulging unbelief and despondency: saying, the two families which the Lord had chosen, he hath even cast
them off?
the kingdom and the priesthood, as Jarchi; the family of David and the family of Aaron, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; the, one with respect to the kingdom, and the other with respect to the priesthood; so Abarbinel, which seems right: though some interpret it of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and others of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; but since the covenant with David, and with the priests, are before spoken of, and the seed of David afterwards, it seems rather to regard the two houses of David and Aaron, which the Lord chose for the kingdom and priesthood to continue in; but by the captivity of the royal family, and of the priests in Babylon, just now about to take place, it was suggested that both were cast off by the Lord, and that there would be no more kings out of the one, nor priests out of the other: thus they have despised my people:
as being rejected of God, whom he would never more regard or restore to their former condition in church and state; so giving them up for lost, that they would be no more a nation and church, having kings to reign over them, or priests to minister for them: that they should be no more a nation before them;
either before their kings and priests, or in the sight of those persons who spoke the words before related.

Jeremias 33:24 In-Context

22 Assim como não se pode contar o exército dos céus, nem medir-se a areia do mar, assim multiplicarei a descendência de Davi, meu servo, e os levitas, que ministram diante de mim.
23 E veio ainda a palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo:
24 Acaso não observaste o que este povo está dizendo: As duas famílias que o Senhor escolheu, agora as rejeitou? Assim desprezam o meu povo, como se não fora um povo diante deles.
25 Assim diz o Senhor: Se o meu pacto com o dia e com a noite não permanecer, e se eu não tiver determinado as ordenanças dos céus e da terra,
26 também rejeitarei a descendência de Jacó, e de Davi, meu servo, de modo que não tome da sua descendência os que dominem sobre a descendência de Abraão, Isaque, e Jacó; pois eu os farei voltar do seu cativeiro, e apiedar-me-ei deles.
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