Jeremías 42:6

6 Sea o no de nuestro agrado, obedeceremos la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, a quien te enviamos a consultar. Así, al obedecer la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, 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 Jeremías les respondió:—Ya los he oído. Voy a rogar al SEÑOR, al Dios de ustedes, tal como me lo han pedido. Les comunicaré todo lo que el SEÑOR me diga, y no les ocultaré absolutamente nada.

5 Ellos le dijeron a Jeremías:—Que el SEÑOR tu Dios sea un testigo fiel y verdadero contra nosotros, si no actuamos conforme a todo lo que él nos ordene por medio de ti.

6 Sea o no de nuestro agrado, obedeceremos la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, a quien te enviamos a consultar. Así, al obedecer la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, nos irá bien.

7 Diez días después, la palabra del SEÑOR vino a Jeremías.

8 Este llamó a Johanán hijo de Carea, a todos los jefes militares que lo acompañaban, y a todo el pueblo, desde el más chico hasta al más grande,