Jeremías 21:2

2 Pregunta ahora por nosotros al SEÑOR; porque Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia hace guerra contra nosotros. Por ventura el SEÑOR hará con nosotros según todas sus maravillas, y aquél se irá de sobre nosotros.

Jeremías 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 21:2

Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us
Or, "seek the Lord now for us" ^F14; seek the Lord by prayer and supplication for me and my people, for this city and the inhabitants of it; entreat him that he would appear for us, and deliver us out of the hands of the enemy; for this they said in the name of the king that sent them, who knew that the prophet had an interest at the throne of grace, and was a favourite of heaven; and therefore desired him to be an intercessor for them: for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us;
the same that is elsewhere called Nebuchadnezzar, commonly called by the Greeks Nebuchodonosor; he was now come up to Jerusalem, and was besieging it, as had been predicted: if so be the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous
works;
which he had done in times past for that nation; as by bringing them out of Egypt; driving out the Canaanites before them; delivering them out of the hands of their neighbours, time after time, when oppressed by them; and particularly by destroying the Assyrian army in Hezekiah's time, which was besieging the city of Jerusalem, and causing their king to depart and flee in haste; and their present case being similar to that, it is very likely that that was more especially in view: that he may go up from us;
namely, the king of Babylon; that he may rise up, and raise the siege, and depart into his own country, as Sennacherib did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (wndeb an vrd) "interroga nunc pro nobis", Vatablus: Pagninus; "inquire nunc", Montanus.

Jeremías 21:2 In-Context

1 Palabra que vino a Jeremías del SEÑOR, cuando el rey Sedequías envió a él a Pasur hijo de Malquías, y a Sofonías sacerdote, hijo de Maasías, que le dijesen:

2 Pregunta ahora por nosotros al SEÑOR; porque Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia hace guerra contra nosotros. Por ventura el SEÑOR hará con nosotros según todas sus maravillas, y aquél se irá de sobre nosotros.

3 Y Jeremías les dijo: Diréis así a Sedequías:

4 Así dijo el SEÑOR Dios de Israel: He aquí yo vuelvo atrás las armas de guerra que están en vuestras manos, y con que vosotros peleáis con el rey de Babilonia; y los caldeos que os tienen cercados fuera de la muralla, yo los juntaré en medio de esta ciudad.

5 Y pelearé contra vosotros con mano alzada y con brazo fuerte, y con furor, y enojo, e ira grande;