Geremia 42:1

1 Tutti i capi delle forze, Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah, Jezania, figliuolo di Hosaia, e tutto il popolo, dal più piccolo al più grande, s’accostarono,

Geremia 42:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:1

Then all the captains of the forces
Having taken up their residence at the habitation of Chimham, in their way to Egypt, where they were desirous of going, and being afraid of the Chaldeans, as they pretended: and Johanan the son of Kareah;
or, "even Johanan" ^F19; especially and particularly he, the principal captain and chief spokesman in this affair: and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah;
said to be the son of a Maachathite, ( Jeremiah 40:8 ) ; and all the people from the least even unto the greatest:
a phrase expressive of the universality of them in the strongest terms: came near;
that is, to Jeremiah; who either was at Mizpah when Gedaliah was slain, but preserved by the Lord; and though carried captive by Ishmael with the rest, was rescued by Johanan; and now along with him: or rather after he had been with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and made a short stay there, he went to Anathoth, and there abode till now; and when Johanan took those that were left at Mizpah, he gathered together all the rest of the Jews in different places to him, in order to go to Egypt, and among the rest the Prophet Jeremiah; for it can hardly be thought, had he been at Mizpah when Ishmael was there, he would have escaped without a miracle.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Nnxwyw) "imprimis Johanan", Schmidt; "nempe Johanan", Piscator, Grotius.

Geremia 42:1 In-Context

1 Tutti i capi delle forze, Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah, Jezania, figliuolo di Hosaia, e tutto il popolo, dal più piccolo al più grande, s’accostarono,

2 e dissero al profeta Geremia: "Deh, siati accetta la nostra supplicazione, e prega l’Eterno, il tuo Dio, per noi, per tutto questo residuo (poiché, di molti che eravamo, siamo rimasti pochi, come lo vedono gli occhi tuoi);

3 affinché l’Eterno, il tuo Dio, ci mostri la via per la quale dobbiamo camminare, e che cosa dobbiam fare".

4 E il profeta Geremia disse loro: "Ho inteso; ecco, io pregherò l’Eterno, il vostro Dio, come avete detto; e tutto quello che l’Eterno vi risponderà ve lo farò conoscere; e nulla ve ne celerò".

5 E quelli dissero a Geremia: "L’Eterno sia un testimonio verace e fedele contro di noi, se non facciamo tutto quello che l’Eterno, il tuo Dio, ti manderà a dirci.