2 Samuel 24:12

Listen to 2 Samuel 24:12
12 “VĂĄ dizer a Davi: Assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Estou dando a vocĂȘ trĂȘs opçÔes de punição; escolha uma delas, e eu a executarei contra vocĂȘ’.”

2 Samuel 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:12

Go, and say unto David
Not my servant David, as Nathan was bid to say to him when it was in his heart to build an house for him, ( 2 Samuel 7:5 ) ; but now he had sinned and displeased the Lord, and therefore it is only plain David:

thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three [things];
or lay them before thee to consider of which thou wouldest have done; the Targum is,

``one of three things I cast upon thee,''

as a burden to bear; one of the three I will certainly inflict upon thee by way of chastisement:

choose thee one of them, that I may [do it] unto thee;
here is mercy mixed with judgment; the Lord is angry, yet shows great condescension and goodness; a sovereign Being, who could have imposed what punishment he pleased, and even all the three after mentioned, yet resolves but on one, and leaves that to the option of David.

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2 Samuel 24:12 In-Context

10 Depois de contar o povo, Davi sentiu remorso e disse ao SENHOR: “Pequei gravemente com o que fiz! Agora, SENHOR, eu imploro que perdoes o pecado do teu servo, porque cometi uma grande loucura!”
11 Levantando-se Davi pela manhĂŁ, o SENHOR jĂĄ tinha falado a Gade, o vidente dele:
12 “VĂĄ dizer a Davi: Assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Estou dando a vocĂȘ trĂȘs opçÔes de punição; escolha uma delas, e eu a executarei contra vocĂȘ’.”
13 EntĂŁo Gade foi a Davi e lhe perguntou: “O que vocĂȘ prefere: trĂȘs anos de fome em sua terra; trĂȘs meses fugindo de seus adversĂĄrios, que o perseguirĂŁo; ou trĂȘs dias de praga em sua terra? Pense bem e diga-me o que deverei responder Ă quele que me enviou”.
14 Davi respondeu: “É grande a minha angĂșstia! Prefiro cair nas mĂŁos do SENHOR, pois grande Ă© a sua misericĂłrdia, a cair nas mĂŁos dos homens”.
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