Jeremias 40:4

4 Mas hoje eu o liberto das correntes que prendem as suas mãos. Se você quiser, venha comigo para a Babilônia e eu cuidarei de você; se, porém, não quiser, pode ficar. Veja! Toda esta terra está diante de você; vá para onde achar melhor”.

Jeremias 40:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:4

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which
[were] upon thine hands
Or rather are; for, when he said these words, it is highly probable they were on him, though now ordered to be taken off; these were not what were put upon him by the Jews, when in the court of the prison; for rather his legs, than his hands, would have had fetters on them there; but what were put upon him by the Chaldeans, when he fell into their hands; though inadvertently done by the inferior officers, and without the knowledge of the princes, or of this captain, who loosed them; with these he came manacled to Ramah, with the rest of the captives, but now were loosed in the sight of them: if it seem good unto thee to come with me unto Babylon, come, and one
will look well unto thee;
or, "I will set mine eyes upon thee" ^F18; as the king of Babylon had ordered him to do, ( Jeremiah 39:12 ) ; would favour him, protect him, provide for him, and use him in the most kind and generous manner: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear;
if it was not agreeable to him to leave his native country, and to go into Babylon, he would not urge it, but leave him to his liberty; yea, would advise him to continue where he was, and not take one step out of it: behold, all the land [is] before thee;
the land of Judea, which was at the disposal of the king of Babylon; and Jeremiah has a grant from him, by his officer, to settle where he pleased: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go;
he left him to take his own way, and do as he thought fit; and this agrees with his master's orders to him, ( Jeremiah 39:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Kyle ynye ta Myvaw) "ponam oculos meos super te", Schmidt; "et ponam oculum meum super te", Pagninus, Montanus.

Jeremias 40:4 In-Context

2 Quando o comandante da guarda encontrou Jeremias, disse-lhe: “Foi o SENHOR, o seu Deus, que determinou esta desgraça para este lugar.

3 Agora o SENHOR a cumpriu e fez o que tinha prometido. Tudo isso aconteceu porque vocês pecaram contra o SENHOR e não lhe obedeceram.

4 Mas hoje eu o liberto das correntes que prendem as suas mãos. Se você quiser, venha comigo para a Babilônia e eu cuidarei de você; se, porém, não quiser, pode ficar. Veja! Toda esta terra está diante de você; vá para onde achar melhor”.

5 Contudo, antes de Jeremias se virar para partir, Nebuzaradã acrescentou: “Volte a Gedalias, filho de Aicam, neto de Safã, a quem o rei da Babilônia nomeou governador sobre as cidades de Judá, e viva com ele entre o povo, ou vá para qualquer outro lugar que desejar”.Então o comandante lhe deu provisões e um presente, e o deixou partir.

6 Jeremias foi a Gedalias, filho de Aicam, em Mispá, e permaneceu com ele entre o povo que foi deixado na terra de Judá.