Jeremías 42:1-6

1 Vinieron todos los príncipes de los ejércitos, Johanán, hijo de Carea, Jezanías, hijo de Osaías, y todo el pueblo desde el menor hasta el mayor

2 y dijeron a Jeremías profeta: Caiga ahora nuestro ruego delante de ti, y ruega por nosotros al SEÑOR tu Dios, por todo este resto, (pues hemos quedado unos pocos de muchos, como nos ven tus ojos)

3 Para que el SEÑOR tu Dios nos enseñe el camino por donde debemos ir, y lo que hemos de hacer

4 Y Jeremías profeta les dijo: Ya he oído. He aquí que voy a orar al SEÑOR vuestro Dios, como habéis dicho; y será que todo lo que el SEÑOR os respondiere, os enseñaré; no os reservaré palabra

5 Y ellos dijeron a Jeremías: El SEÑOR sea entre nosotros testigo de la verdad y de la lealtad, si no hiciéremos conforme a todo aquello para lo cual el SEÑOR tu Dios te enviare a nosotros

6 Ora sea bueno, ora malo, a la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, al cual te enviamos, escucharemos; para que, obedeciendo a la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, tengamos bien

Jeremías 42:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH CAHPTER 42

This chapter contains a request of the Jews to Jeremiah, to pray to the Lord for them to direct them, and the Lord's answer to it. The request is made by the captains and all the people, Jer 42:1-3; which Jeremiah undertook to present to the Lord, Jer 42:4; they promising to go according to the direction that should be given, Jer 42:5,6. After ten days an answer is returned, and the prophet calls the captains and people together to hear it, Jer 42:7,8; the purport of which was, that if they continued in the land of Judah, it would be well with them, and they would be safe, Jer 42:9-12; but if they went into Egypt, they should die by the sword, famine, and pestilence, and be a curse and reproach, and never see their own land more, Jer 42:13-18; they are charged with dissimulation and disobedience, Jer 42:19-21; and the chapter is concluded with an assurance of their perishing by the above judgments in the place they were desirous of dwelling in, Jer 42:22.