Jeremías 42:15

15 entonces escuchen el mensaje del Señor
al remanente de Judá. Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: “Si están decididos a irse a Egipto y vivir allí,

Jeremías 42:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:15

And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of
Judah
A small remnant indeed, a few that were left in the land; who ought therefore to have admired the distinguishing goodness of Providence in preserving them in it; where they should have continued and made use of their privilege, to the glory of God and their mutual good: thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel;
the Lord of armies above and below, the Lord God omnipotent, and so able to protect them in their land; and who had a peculiar favour to Israel, and stood in a particular relation to them, and therefore would do it, of which they had no reason to doubt; but, disobliging him, what judgments might they not expect? if you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt:
are resolved upon it, and are actually engaged in it; turning their faces from Judea towards Egypt, and obstinately pursuing it, nor can be reclaimed from it: the phrase expresses their resolution, impudence, and obstinacy: and go to sojourn there:
to be sojourners and strangers there, as their fathers had been before; the remembrance of which was enough to set them against going into Egypt any more.

Jeremías 42:15 In-Context

13 »Sin embargo, si se niegan a obedecer al Señor
su Dios, y dicen: “No nos quedaremos aquí;

14 sino que iremos a Egipto donde estaremos libres de guerra, de llamados a las armas y de hambre”,

15 entonces escuchen el mensaje del Señor
al remanente de Judá. Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, Dios de Israel: “Si están decididos a irse a Egipto y vivir allí,

16 la misma guerra y el mismo hambre que temen los alcanzarán, y allí morirán.

17 Este es el destino que le espera a quien insista en irse a vivir a Egipto. Efectivamente, morirán por guerra, enfermedad y hambre. Ninguno escapará del desastre que traeré sobre ustedes allí”.