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Jeremias 40:11

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11 Do mesmo modo, quando todos os judeus que estavam em Moabe, e entre os filhos de Amom, e em Edom, e os que havia em todos os países, ouviram que o rei de Babilônia havia deixado um resto em Judá, e que havia posto sobre eles a Guedalias, o de Aicão, filho de Safã;

Jeremias 40:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:11

Likewise, when all the Jews that [were] in Moab
Who had fled thither, and to the places after mentioned, when the king of Babylon first invaded the land, and where they had continued unto this time: and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that [were] in all the
countries;
in all other neighbouring countries, besides Moab, Ammon, and Edom; some fleeing one way, and some another, which lay nearest to their borders, or where they thought themselves safest: when they heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah;
a few of their brethren, to cultivate the land, and repopulated it: and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan;
whom they knew to be a wise and good man; these were engaging motives to them to return to their own land, being more desirable to live in than any other, could they enjoy peace and safety; and to dwell with their brethren, their own countrymen, and of the same religion with them, was more eligible than to dwell in foreign idolatrous countries; and especially since there was a government established to protect and defend them, and that in the hands of so worthy a prince as Gedaliah.

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Jeremias 40:11 In-Context

9 E jurou Gedalias, filho de Aicão, filho de Safã, eles e pos seus homens, dizendo: Não temais servir aos caldeus; habitai na terra, e servi o rei de Babilônia, e bem vos erá.
10 Quanto a mim, eis que habito em Mizpá, para vos representar diante dos caldeus que vierem a nós; vós, porém, colhei o vinho e os frutos de verão, e o azeite, e metei-os nos vossos vasos, e habitai nas vossas cidades, que tomastes.
11 Do mesmo modo, quando todos os judeus que estavam em Moabe, e entre os filhos de Amom, e em Edom, e os que havia em todos os países, ouviram que o rei de Babilônia havia deixado um resto em Judá, e que havia posto sobre eles a Guedalias, o de Aicão, filho de Safã;
12 voltaram, então, todos os judeus de todos os lugares para onde foram arrojados, e vieram para a terra de Judá, a Gedalias, a Mizpá, e colheram vinho e frutos do verão com muita abundância.
13 Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os chefes das forças que estavam no campo vieram ter com Gedalias, a Mizpá,
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