Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:12

12 Nǐ qù gàosu Dàwèi , shuō Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ yǒu sān yàng zāi , suí nǐ xuǎnzé yíyàng , wǒ hǎo jiàng yǔ nǐ .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:12

Go, and say unto David
Not my servant David, as Nathan was bid to say to him when it was in his heart to build an house for him, ( 2 Samuel 7:5 ) ; but now he had sinned and displeased the Lord, and therefore it is only plain David:

thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three [things];
or lay them before thee to consider of which thou wouldest have done; the Targum is,

``one of three things I cast upon thee,''

as a burden to bear; one of the three I will certainly inflict upon thee by way of chastisement:

choose thee one of them, that I may [do it] unto thee;
here is mercy mixed with judgment; the Lord is angry, yet shows great condescension and goodness; a sovereign Being, who could have imposed what punishment he pleased, and even all the three after mentioned, yet resolves but on one, and leaves that to the option of David.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 24:12 In-Context

10 Dàwèi shǔ diǎn bǎixìng yǐhòu , jiù xīn zhōng zì zé , dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ xíng zhè shì dà yǒu zuì le . Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ chúdiào púrén de zuìniè , yīn wǒ suǒ xíng de shén shì yúmeì .

11 Dàwèi zǎochen qǐlai , Yēhéhuá de huà líndào xiānzhī Jiādé , jiù shì Dàwèi de xiān jiàn , shuō ,

12 Nǐ qù gàosu Dàwèi , shuō Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ yǒu sān yàng zāi , suí nǐ xuǎnzé yíyàng , wǒ hǎo jiàng yǔ nǐ .

13 Yúshì Jiādé lái jiàn Dàwèi , duì tā shuō , nǐ yuànyì guó zhōng yǒu qī nián de jīhuāng ne . shì zaì nǐ dírén miànqián taópǎo , beì zhuīgǎn sān gè yuè ne . shì zaì nǐ guó zhōng yǒu sān rì de wēnyì ne . xiànzaì nǐ yào chuǎimó sīxiǎng , wǒ hǎo huí fù nà chāi wǒ lái de .

14 Dàwèi duì Jiādé shuō , wǒ shén wèi nán . wǒ yuàn luō zaì Yēhéhuá de shǒu lǐ , yīnwei tā yǒu fēngshèng de liánmǐn . wǒ bù yuàn luō zaì rén de shǒu lǐ .