Jeremias 42:15

15 nesse caso ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó resto de Judá: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Se vós de todo vos propuserdes a entrar no Egito, e entrardes para lá peregrinar,

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 Mas se vós disserdes: Não habitaremos nesta terra; não obedecendo � voz do Senhor vosso Deus,

14 e dizendo: Não; antes iremos para a terra do Egito, onde não veremos guerra, nem ouviremos o som de trombeta, nem teremos fome de pão, e ali habitaremos;

15 nesse caso ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó resto de Judá: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Se vós de todo vos propuserdes a entrar no Egito, e entrardes para lá peregrinar,

16 então a espada que vós temeis vos alcançará ali na terra do Egito, e a fome que vós receais vos seguirá de perto mesmo no Egito, e ali morrereis.

17 Assim sucederá a todos os homens que se propuserem a entrar no Egito, a fim de lá peregrinarem: morrerão � espada, de fome, e de peste; e deles não haverá quem reste ou escape do mal que eu trarei sobre eles.