2 Samuel 7:8

8 “Agora, pois, diga ao meu servo Davi: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: ‘Eu o tirei das pastagens, onde você cuidava dos rebanhos, para ser o soberano de Israel, o meu povo.

2 Samuel 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 7:8

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David
For it was taken well at his hands, in part, that it was in his heart, and he had a desire to build an house for God, though he was wrong in determining upon it without seeking the Lord; and lest he should be discouraged by the prohibition of him from building, the following things are observed to assure him it was not from disregard unto him, or displeasure at him, that he would not be employed in this service; since the Lord had given sufficient tokens of his favour to him, and with which he should be content, as having honour enough done him; it was enough that God had raised him up from a low estate to great grandeur and dignity:

thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel;
for that was his employment, to keep his father's sheep, before he was taken into Saul's court, and married his daughter, when after his death he came to have the crown, of Israel: now this is said, not to upbraid him with his former meanness, but to observe the goodness of God unto him, and what reason he had for thankfulness, and to look upon himself as a favourite of God, who of a keeper of sheep was made a shepherd of men, to rule and feed them; so Cyrus is called a shepherd, ( Isaiah 44:28 ) ; and Agamemnon, in Homer ^F23, is called "the shepherd of the people".

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Iliad. 2.

2 Samuel 7:8 In-Context

6 Não tenho morado em nenhuma casa desde o dia em que tirei os israelitas do Egito. Tenho ido de uma tenda para outra, de um tabernáculo para outro.

7 Por onde tenho acompanhado os israelitas, alguma vez perguntei a algum líder deles, a quem ordenei que pastoreasse Israel, o meu povo: Por que você não me construiu um templo de cedro?

8 “Agora, pois, diga ao meu servo Davi: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: ‘Eu o tirei das pastagens, onde você cuidava dos rebanhos, para ser o soberano de Israel, o meu povo.

9 Sempre estive com você por onde você andou e eliminei todos os seus inimigos. Agora eu o farei tão famoso quanto os homens mais importantes da terra.

10 E providenciarei um lugar para Israel, o meu povo, e os plantarei lá, para que tenham o seu próprio lar e não mais sejam incomodados. Povos ímpios não mais os oprimirão, como fizeram no início