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Jeremia 42:6

Listen to Jeremia 42:6
6 Es sei Gutes oder Böses, wir wollen hören auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, an den wir dich senden; damit es uns wohlgehe, wenn wir auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, hören.

Jeremia 42:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:6

Whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil
Not morally good, or evil; for nothing but what is good, and not evil, in this sense, can come from God; but whether pleasantly or profitably good or evil; whether agreeable or disagreeable, pleasing or displeasing, advantageous or not; whether it seemed to them good or evil, be it what it would in their opinion and esteem: we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee;
this was well spoken, had they been sincere in it; and had they implored and depended on the grace of God to have enabled them to obey; but they spoke not in the uprightness of their hearts; and, did they, it was with too much confidence of their own strength, and the power of their free will: that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our
God;
they spoke as if they knew their own interest; for so it was, that it was well or ill with those people, as they obeyed or disobeyed the voice of the Lord; and yet they acted not according to it; and, what was worse still, did not intend it. What a wretched scene of hypocrisy is here!

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Jeremia 42:6 In-Context

4 Und der Prophet Jeremia sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe es gehört; siehe, ich will zu Jehova, eurem Gott, beten nach euren Worten; und es soll geschehen, jedes Wort, das Jehova euch antworten wird, werde ich euch kundtun, ich werde euch kein Wort vorenthalten.
5 Und sie sprachen zu Jeremia: Jehova sei wider uns ein wahrhaftiger und zuverlÀssiger Zeuge, wenn wir nicht nach jedem Worte, womit Jehova, dein Gott, dich zu uns senden wird, also tun werden.
6 Es sei Gutes oder Böses, wir wollen hören auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, an den wir dich senden; damit es uns wohlgehe, wenn wir auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, hören.
7 Und es geschah am Ende von zehn Tagen, da geschah das Wort Jehovas zu Jeremia.
8 Und er berief Jochanan, den Sohn Kareachs, und alle Heerobersten, die mit ihm waren, und das ganze Volk, vom Kleinsten bis zum GrĂ¶ĂŸten, und sprach zu ihnen:
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