Geremia 37:3

3 Or il re Sedechia mandò Iucal, figliuolo di Selemia; e Sefania, figliuolo di Maaseia, sacerdote, al profeta Geremia, per dirgli: Deh! fa’ orazione per noi al Signore Iddio nostro.

Geremia 37:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:3

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest
That is, Zephaniah the priest, as the accents shaw; though his father Maaseiah was doubtless a priest too; according to the Syriac version, both Jehucal, called Jucal, ( Jeremiah 38:1 ) ; and Zephaniah, were priests; since it reads in the plural number, "priests": these the king sent as messengers to the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, pray now unto the Lord our God for us.
This message was sent either upon the rumour of the Chaldeans coming against Jerusalem, as some think; or rather when it had departed from the city, and was gone to meet the army of the king of Egypt; so that this petition to the prophet was to pray that the king of Egypt alight get the victory over the Chaldean army, and that that might not return unto them. Thus wicked men will desire the prayers of good men in times of distress, when their words, their cautions, admonitions, exhortations, and prayers too, are despised by them at another time.

Geremia 37:3 In-Context

1 OR il re Sedechia, figliuolo di Giosia, regnò in luogo di Conia, figliuolo di Gioiachim, essendo stato costituito re nel paese di Giuda, da Nebucadnezar, re di Babilonia.

2 E nè egli, nè i suoi servitori, nè il popolo del paese, non ubbidirono alle parole del Signore, ch’egli aveva pronunziate per lo profeta Geremia.

3 Or il re Sedechia mandò Iucal, figliuolo di Selemia; e Sefania, figliuolo di Maaseia, sacerdote, al profeta Geremia, per dirgli: Deh! fa’ orazione per noi al Signore Iddio nostro.

4 Or Geremia andava e veniva per mezzo il popolo, e non era ancora stato messo in prigione.

5 E l’esercito di Faraone era uscito di Egitto; laonde i Caldei che assediavano Gerusalemme, intesone il grido, si erano dipartiti d’appresso a Gerusalemme.