Jeremias 40:3

3 e o Senhor o trouxe, e fez como havia dito; porque pecastes contra o Senhor, e não obedecestes � sua voz, portanto vos sucedeu tudo isto.

Jeremias 40:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:3

Now the Lord hath brought [it], and done according as he hath
said
As he purposed, so it came to pass; as he foretold by his prophet, so it was brought about by his providence. This Heathen captain acknowledges the hand of the Lord in all this; and suggests, that his master, the king of Babylon, himself, and the rest of the generals, were only instruments the Lord made use of; which is very piously as well as wisely said; and more is here acknowledged by him than by the Jews themselves; who were not willing to believe that God had determined evil against them, or would bring it on them; at least, this they did not care to believe and own before, whatever they did now; he goes on to observe the cause of all this: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice,
therefore this thing is come upon you;
meaning not Jeremiah particularly, but his countrymen; and perhaps he might turn himself to, and address, the captives that were before him. Here he vindicates the justice of God; and ascribes the ruin of this people, not to the valour of Nebuchadnezzar and his captains; nor to the strength, and courage, and skilfulness of his army; or to any righteousness and merits of the king of Babylon; or to the justness of his cause; but to the sins of the people.

Jeremias 40:3 In-Context

1 A palavra que veio a Jeremias da parte do Senhor, depois que Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, o deixara ir de Ramá, quando o havia tomado, estando ele atado com cadeias no meio de todos os do cativeiro de Jerusalém e de Judá, que estavam sendo levados cativos para Babilônia.
2 Ora o capitão da guarda levou Jeremias, e lhe disse: O Senhor teu Deus pronunciou este mal contra este lugar;
3 e o Senhor o trouxe, e fez como havia dito; porque pecastes contra o Senhor, e não obedecestes � sua voz, portanto vos sucedeu tudo isto.
4 Agora pois, eis que te solto hoje das cadeias que estão sobre as tuas mãos. Se te apraz vir comigo para Babilônia, vem, e eu velarei por ti; mas, se não te apraz vir comigo para Babilônia, deixa de vir. Olha, toda a terra está diante de ti; para onde te parecer bem e conveniente ir, para ali vai.
5 Se assim quiseres, volta a Gedalias, filho de Aicão filho de Safã e a quem o rei de Babilônia constituiu governador das cidades de Judá, e habita com ele no meio do povo; ou vai para qualquer outra parte que te aprouver ir. E deu-lhe o capitão da guarda sustento para o caminho, e um presente, e o deixou ir.
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