Jeremias 42:6

6 Quer seja favorável ou não, obedeceremos ao SENHOR, o nosso Deus, a quem o enviamos, para que tudo vá bem conosco, pois obedeceremos ao SENHOR, o nosso Deus”.

Jeremias 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!

Jeremias 42:6 In-Context

4 “Eu os atenderei”, respondeu o profeta Jeremias. “Orarei ao SENHOR, ao seu Deus, conforme vocês pediram. E tudo o que o SENHOR responder eu direi; nada esconderei de vocês”.

5 Então disseram a Jeremias: “Que o SENHOR seja uma testemunha verdadeira e fiel contra nós, caso não façamos tudo o que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, nos ordenar por você.

6 Quer seja favorável ou não, obedeceremos ao SENHOR, o nosso Deus, a quem o enviamos, para que tudo vá bem conosco, pois obedeceremos ao SENHOR, o nosso Deus”.

7 Dez dias depois o SENHOR dirigiu a palavra a Jeremias,

8 e ele convocou Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os comandantes do exército que estavam com ele e todo o povo, desde o menor até o maior.