Jeremías 42:3

3 Ora que el Señor
tu Dios nos muestre qué hacer y adónde ir.

Jeremías 42:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:3

That the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk,
&c.] Not the way of their duty as to religious worship, or their moral conversation, which was the way of God's commandments, and had been shown them, and they knew it; but which way they should steer their course for their safety; they had departed from Mizpah of themselves, and had taken up their dwelling at Geruthchimham, in the way to Egypt; whither they had set their faces, and where their hearts were, only they wanted the Lord's sanction for it, pretending they would be directed by him: and the thing that we should do;
the steps they should take in order to proceed; and what they should do before they left their own country, and went into another.

Jeremías 42:3 In-Context

1 Advertencia a quedarse en Judá
Entonces los líderes guerrilleros, incluidos Johanán, hijo de Carea, y Jezanías,
hijo de Osaías, junto con todo el pueblo, desde el menos importante hasta el más importante, se acercaron a

2 Jeremías el profeta y le dijeron:
—Por favor, ora al Señor
tu Dios por nosotros. Como puedes ver, somos un pequeño remanente comparado con lo que éramos antes.

3 Ora que el Señor
tu Dios nos muestre qué hacer y adónde ir.

4 —Está bien —contestó Jeremías—, oraré al Señor
su Dios, como me lo han pedido, y les diré todo lo que él diga. No les ocultaré nada.

5 Ellos dijeron a Jeremías:
—¡Que el Señor
tu Dios sea fiel testigo contra nosotros si rehusamos obedecer todo lo que él nos diga que hagamos!