Jeremías 2:6

6 No preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor
que nos sacó a salvo de Egipto
y nos guió a través del árido desierto,
por una tierra desolada y llena de hoyos,
una tierra de sequía y muerte,
donde no vive ni viaja nadie?”.

Jeremías 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:6

Neither said they, where is the Lord?
&c.] They did not ask after him, nor seek his face and favour, nor worship him, nor took any notice of the blessings he bestowed upon them: that brought us up out of the land of Egypt?
by means of Moses the deliverer, with a mighty hand, and outstretched arm; for, though Moses was the instrument, God was the efficient cause of the deliverance; the favour was his, and the glory of it ought to have been given to him: that led us through the wilderness;
of "Shur", or of "Sin", the desert of Arabia, ( Exodus 15:22 ) ( 16:1 ) and a dreadful and terrible one it was: through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and
of the shadow of death;
where were scorpions, fiery serpents, drought, and no water, and so very dangerous as well as uncomfortable travelling; and yet through all this they were led, and wonderfully supplied and preserved; through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt;
there was no passenger in it, nor inhabitants on it, so that there were none to relieve them; whence it appears, that all their supply, support, and preservation, were from the Lord. The Jews ^F25 interpret this of the first man Adam, after this manner, ``all land, concerning which the first man decreed that it should be inhabited, it is inhabited; and all land, concerning which he did not decree it should be inhabited, it is not inhabited; and such they suggest was this wilderness;'' see ( Deuteronomy 8:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 31. 1. & Sota, fol. 46. 2.

Jeremías 2:6 In-Context

4 ¡Escuchen la palabra del Señor
, pueblo de Jacob, todas las familias de Israel!

5 Esto dice el Señor
:
«¿Qué mal encontraron en mí sus antepasados
que los llevó a alejarse tanto de mi lado?
Rindieron culto a ídolos inútiles
y ellos mismos se volvieron inútiles.

6 No preguntaron: “¿Dónde está el Señor
que nos sacó a salvo de Egipto
y nos guió a través del árido desierto,
por una tierra desolada y llena de hoyos,
una tierra de sequía y muerte,
donde no vive ni viaja nadie?”.

7 »Cuando los traje a una tierra fértil
para que disfrutaran de sus bienes y de su abundancia,
contaminaron mi tierra y
corrompieron la posesión que les había prometido.

8 Los sacerdotes no preguntaron:
“¿Dónde está el Señor
?”.
Aquellos que enseñaron mi palabra me ignoraron,
los gobernantes se volvieron en mi contra,
y los profetas hablaron en nombre de Baal,
perdiendo su tiempo con ídolos inútiles.