Jeremías 33:24

24 «¿No te has dado cuenta de que esta gente afirma que yo, el SEÑOR, he rechazado a los dos reinos que había escogido? Con esto desprecian a mi pueblo, y ya no lo consideran una nación.

Jeremías 33:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 33:24

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken
The words are directed to the prophet by an interrogation, if he had not considered in his mind what he heard the people say; not the Chaldeans, with whom the prophet was not; but the unbelieving Jews, either the profane part of them, who had a wicked view in it, to accuse God, and discourage the godly; or the weaker sort of the good people, indulging unbelief and despondency: saying, the two families which the Lord had chosen, he hath even cast
them off?
the kingdom and the priesthood, as Jarchi; the family of David and the family of Aaron, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; the, one with respect to the kingdom, and the other with respect to the priesthood; so Abarbinel, which seems right: though some interpret it of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah; and others of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; but since the covenant with David, and with the priests, are before spoken of, and the seed of David afterwards, it seems rather to regard the two houses of David and Aaron, which the Lord chose for the kingdom and priesthood to continue in; but by the captivity of the royal family, and of the priests in Babylon, just now about to take place, it was suggested that both were cast off by the Lord, and that there would be no more kings out of the one, nor priests out of the other: thus they have despised my people:
as being rejected of God, whom he would never more regard or restore to their former condition in church and state; so giving them up for lost, that they would be no more a nation and church, having kings to reign over them, or priests to minister for them: that they should be no more a nation before them;
either before their kings and priests, or in the sight of those persons who spoke the words before related.

Jeremías 33:24 In-Context

22 Yo multiplicaré la descendencia de mi siervo David, y la de los levitas, mis ministros, como las incontables estrellas del cielo y los granos de arena del mar”».

23 La palabra del SEÑOR vino a Jeremías:

24 «¿No te has dado cuenta de que esta gente afirma que yo, el SEÑOR, he rechazado a los dos reinos que había escogido? Con esto desprecian a mi pueblo, y ya no lo consideran una nación.

25 Así dice el SEÑOR: “Si yo no hubiera establecido mi pacto con el día ni con la noche, ni hubiera fijado las leyes que rigen el cielo y la tierra,

26 entonces habría rechazado a los descendientes de Jacob y de mi siervo David, y no habría escogido a uno de su estirpe para gobernar sobre la descendencia de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. ¡Pero yo cambiaré su suerte y les tendré compasión!”»