Jeremías 42:6

6 Nos guste o no, obedeceremos al Señor
nuestro Dios a quien te enviamos con nuestro ruego. Pues si le obedecemos, todo nos irá bien.

Jeremías 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!

Jeremías 42:6 In-Context

4 —Está bien —contestó Jeremías—, oraré al Señor
su Dios, como me lo han pedido, y les diré todo lo que él diga. No les ocultaré nada.

5 Ellos dijeron a Jeremías:
—¡Que el Señor
tu Dios sea fiel testigo contra nosotros si rehusamos obedecer todo lo que él nos diga que hagamos!

6 Nos guste o no, obedeceremos al Señor
nuestro Dios a quien te enviamos con nuestro ruego. Pues si le obedecemos, todo nos irá bien.

7 Diez días más tarde, el Señor
le dio a Jeremías la respuesta.

8 Así que él mandó a buscar a Johanán, hijo de Carea, a los demás líderes guerrilleros y a todo el pueblo, desde el menos importante hasta el más importante.