Jeremias 42:15

15 ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, ó remanescente de Judá. Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel: ‘Se vocês estão decididos a ir para o Egito e lá forem residir,

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 42:15 In-Context

13 “Contudo, se vocês disserem ‘Não permaneceremos nesta terra’, e assim desobedecerem ao SENHOR, ao seu Deus,

14 e se disserem: ‘Não, nós iremos para o Egito, onde não veremos a guerra nem ouviremos o som da trombeta, nem passaremos fome’,

15 ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, ó remanescente de Judá. Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel: ‘Se vocês estão decididos a ir para o Egito e lá forem residir,

16 a guerra que vocês temem os alcançará, a fome que receiam os seguirá até o Egito, e lá vocês morrerão.

17 Todos os que estão decididos a partir e residir no Egito morrerão pela guerra, pela fome e pela peste; nem um só deles sobreviverá ou escapará da desgraça que trarei sobre eles’.