Jeremías 42:15

15 entonces presten atención a la palabra del SEÑOR, ustedes los que quedan en Judá: Así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: “Si ustedes insisten en trasladarse a Egipto para vivir allá,

Jeremías 42:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:15

And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of
Judah
A small remnant indeed, a few that were left in the land; who ought therefore to have admired the distinguishing goodness of Providence in preserving them in it; where they should have continued and made use of their privilege, to the glory of God and their mutual good: thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel;
the Lord of armies above and below, the Lord God omnipotent, and so able to protect them in their land; and who had a peculiar favour to Israel, and stood in a particular relation to them, and therefore would do it, of which they had no reason to doubt; but, disobliging him, what judgments might they not expect? if you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt:
are resolved upon it, and are actually engaged in it; turning their faces from Judea towards Egypt, and obstinately pursuing it, nor can be reclaimed from it: the phrase expresses their resolution, impudence, and obstinacy: and go to sojourn there:
to be sojourners and strangers there, as their fathers had been before; the remembrance of which was enough to set them against going into Egypt any more.

Jeremías 42:15 In-Context

13 »Pero si desobedecen la voz del SEÑOR, Dios de ustedes, y dicen: “No nos quedaremos en esta tierra,

14 sino que nos iremos a Egipto, donde no veremos guerra, ni escucharemos el sonido de la trompeta, ni pasaremos hambre, y allí nos quedaremos a vivir”,

15 entonces presten atención a la palabra del SEÑOR, ustedes los que quedan en Judá: Así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: “Si ustedes insisten en trasladarse a Egipto para vivir allá,

16 la guerra que tanto temen los alcanzará, y el hambre que los aterra los seguirá de cerca hasta Egipto, y en ese lugar morirán.

17 Todos los que están empecinados en trasladarse a Egipto para vivir allá, morirán por la guerra, el hambre y la peste. Ninguno sobrevivirá ni escapará a la calamidad que haré caer sobre ellos”.