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주석[매튜 헨리] — 예레미야 42장 · 애굽행 경고

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Jeremiah Agrees to Consult God. . 1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, 2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. We have reason to wonder how Jeremiah the prophet escaped the sword of Ishmael; it seems he did escape, and it was not the first time that the Lord hid him. It is strange also that in these violent turns he was not consulted before now, and his advice asked and taken. But it should seem as if they knew not that a prophet was among them. Though this people were as brands plucked out of the fire, yet have they not returned to the Lord. This people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; and contempt of God and his providence, God and his prophets, is still the sin that most easily besets them. But now at length, to serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and all the captains, Johanan himself not excepted, with all the people from the least to the greatest, make him a visit; they came near ( Jeremiah 42:1 ; Jeremiah 42:1 ), which intimates that hitherto they had kept at a distance from the prophet and had been shy of him. Now here, I. They desire him by prayer to ask direction from God what they should do in the present critical juncture, Jeremiah 42:2 ; Jeremiah 42:3 . They express themselves wonderfully well. 1. With great respect to the prophet. Though he was poor and low, and under their command, yet they apply to him with humility and submissiveness, as petitioners for his assistance, which yet they intimate their own unworthiness of: Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee. They compliment him thus in hopes to persuade him to say as they would have him say. 2. With a great opinion of his interest in heaven: " Pray for us, who know not how to pray for ourselves. Pray to the Lord thy God, for we are unworthy to call him ours, nor have we reason to expect any favour from him." 3. With a great sense of their need of divine direction. They speak of themselves as objects of compassion: " We are but a remnant, but a few of many; how easily will such a remnant be swallowed up, and yet it is a pity that it should. Thy eyes see what distress we are in, what a plunge we are at; if thou canst do any thing, help us." 4. With desire of divine direction: "Let the Lord thy God take this ruin into his thoughts and under his hand, and show us the way wherein we may walk and may expect to have his presence with us, and the thing that we may do, the course we may take for our own safety." Note, In every difficult doubtful case our eye must be up to God for direction. They then might expect to be directed by a spirit of prophecy, which has now ceased; but we may still in faith pray to be guided by a spirit of wisdom in our hearts and the hints of Providence. II. Jeremiah faithfully promises them to pray for direction for them, and, whatever message God should send to them by him, he would deliver it to them just as he received it without adding, altering, or diminishing, Jeremiah 42:4 ; Jeremiah 42:4 . Ministers may hence learn, 1. Conscientiously to pray for those who desire their prayers: I will pray for you according to your words. Though they had slighted him, yet, like Samuel when he was slighted, he will not sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for them, 1 Samuel 12:23 . 2. Conscientiously to advise those who desire their advice as near as they can to the mind of God, not keeping back any thing that is profitable for them, whether it be pleasing or no, but to declare to them the whole counsel of God, that they may approve themselves true to their trust. III. They fairly promise that they will be governed by the will of God, as soon as they know what it is ( Jeremiah 42:5 ; Jeremiah 42:6 ), and they had the impudence to appeal to God concerning their sincerity herein, though at the same time they dissembled: " The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us; do thou in the fear of God tell us truly what his mind is and then we will in the fear of God comply with it, and for this the Lord the Judge be Judge between us." Note, Those that expect to have the benefit of good ministers' prayers must conscientiously hearken to their preaching and be governed by it, as far as it agrees with the mind of God. Nothing could be better than this was: Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, that it may be well with us. 1. They now call God their God, for Jeremiah had encouraged them to call him so ( Jeremiah 42:4 ; Jeremiah 42:4 ): I will pray to the Lord your God. He is ours, and therefore we will obey his voice. Our relation to God strongly obliges us to obedience. 2. They promise to obey his voice because they sent the prophet to him to consult him. Note, We do not truly desire to know the mind of God if we do not fully resolve to comply with it when we do know it. 3. It is an implicit universal obedience that they here promise. They will do what God appoints them to do, whether it be good or whether it be evil: "Though it may seem evil to us, yet we will believe that if God command it it is certainly good, and we must not dispute it, but do it. Whatever God commands, whether it be easy or difficult, agreeable to our inclinations or contrary to them, whether it be cheap or costly, fashionable or unfashionable, whether we get or lose by it in our worldly interests, if it be our duty, we will do it." 4. It is upon a very good consideration that they promise this, a reasonable and powerful one, that it may be well with us, which intimates a conviction that they could not expect it should be well with them upon any other terms. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-7-22" class="com-number"

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**하나님께 여쭙기로 한 약속 — 예레미야 42:1-6**

군지휘관들과 가레아의 아들 요하난과 호사야의 아들 여사냐와 크고 작은 모든 백성이 예레미야 선지자에게 나아와 말했다. "우리의 간구를 들어 주십시오. 이 남은 무리 전체를 위해 당신의 하나님 여호와께 기도해 주십시오. 당신 눈에 보이는 것처럼 우리는 많은 이들 중 겨우 남은 소수입니다. 당신의 하나님 여호와께서 우리가 걸어가야 할 길과 해야 할 일을 가르쳐 주시기를 원합니다." 예레미야는 기꺼이 기도하겠다고 약속했고, 하나님께서 어떻게 응답하시든 빠짐없이 전하겠다고 말했다. 그러자 백성은 하나님을 신실한 증인으로 세워 서약했다 — 여호와께서 보내시는 말씀은 무엇이든, 좋든 나쁘든, 반드시 따르겠다고 했다.

예레미야가 이스마엘의 칼을 피해 살아남은 것은 놀라운 일이다. 하나님께서 그를 숨겨 주신 것이 이번이 처음이 아니었다. 그럼에도 이 격변하는 시기에 그가 전혀 문의를 받지 못했다는 것은 이상한 일이다. 그들은 마치 선지자가 자기들 가운데 있다는 사실을 몰랐던 것 같다. 불에서 건진 나무 같은 이 백성이지만 여호와께 돌아오지는 않았다. 이 백성의 마음은 여전히 반역하고 패역하다. 하나님과 그분의 선지자들을 멸시하는 것이 그들이 쉬이 빠져드는 죄다.

그러나 이제 마침내, 목적을 이루기 위해 예레미야를 찾아왔다. 요하난을 포함한 모든 지휘관과 크고 작은 모든 백성이 그에게 찾아온 것이다. 그들이 "나아왔다"(42:1)는 표현은 그들이 이전까지 선지자를 멀리하고 그를 피했음을 암시한다.

이 장면에서 주목할 세 가지가 있다.

**첫째, 그들은 예레미야에게 기도로 하나님의 지시를 구해 달라고 청한다(2-3절).** 그들은 태도가 훌륭했다. (1) 선지자에 대한 깊은 존중이 있었다. 그가 가난하고 보잘것없어 그들의 아랫사람이었음에도 겸손히 간청자로 나아왔다. "우리의 간구를 들어 주십시오"라는 말에는 자신들이 이것을 받을 자격이 없다는 인식도 담겨 있다. 그들은 원하는 답을 듣기 위해 그를 달래려 했다. (2) 하늘과 가진 그의 교제에 대한 깊은 신뢰가 있었다. "우리를 위해 기도해 주십시오. 우리는 스스로 기도할 줄 모릅니다. 당신의 하나님 여호와께 기도해 주십시오. 우리는 감히 하나님을 우리 하나님이라 부를 처지가 아니며, 그분의 은혜를 바랄 이유도 없습니다." (3) 하나님의 인도가 절실히 필요하다는 절감이 있었다. 그들은 스스로를 불쌍히 여겨 달라는 존재로 묘사했다. "우리는 잔류한 소수입니다. 이런 잔류자가 얼마나 쉽게 삼켜질 수 있는지요. 그러나 그렇게 되어서는 안 됩니다. 우리가 처한 곤경을 당신 눈으로 보고 계십니다. 무엇이라도 도움이 되신다면 도와주십시오." (4) 하나님의 지시를 구하는 간절함이 있었다. "하나님 여호와께서 이 상황을 돌아보시고 우리가 걸어가야 할 길과 해야 할 일을 가르쳐 주시기를 원합니다." 어렵고 불확실한 모든 상황에서 방향을 위해 하나님을 바라보아야 한다. 그 시대에는 예언의 영으로 인도받을 수 있었지만, 지금 우리는 마음속에 지혜의 영이 일하시고 섭리의 단서들을 통해 인도받기를 믿음으로 기도할 수 있다.

**둘째, 예레미야는 그들을 위해 기도하고 하나님의 응답을 하나도 빠짐없이 전달하겠다고 성실히 약속한다(4절).** 사역자는 이에서 배울 수 있다. (1) 기도를 요청한 사람을 위해 성실히 기도할 것. "당신들의 말대로 기도하겠습니다." 그들이 자신을 무시했지만, 사무엘처럼 — 무시를 당했어도 — 기도를 그치는 죄를 짓지 않겠다(삼상 12:23). (2) 조언을 구하는 사람에게 하나님의 뜻에 가장 가까운 조언을 성실히 전할 것. 그들에게 유익한 것이라면 기쁘든 기쁘지 않든 아무것도 감추지 않고, 하나님의 뜻 전체를 선포하여 자신의 사명에 진실함을 입증해야 한다.

**셋째, 그들은 하나님의 뜻을 알게 되면 그대로 따르겠다고 솔직하게 약속한다(5-6절).** 그러나 그들은 뻔뻔스럽게도 이 성실함을 하나님 앞에 증언으로 세웠다 — 그 내면은 이미 속임수였는데도. "여호와께서 우리 사이에 신실한 증인이 되어 주십시오. 당신은 하나님의 뜻을 두려움으로 바르게 전해 주시고, 우리는 하나님을 두려워하며 그것을 따를 것입니다. 이 일에 여호와 심판자가 우리 사이에서 심판하소서." 선한 사역자의 기도의 유익을 얻으려면 그들의 설교에도 성실히 순종해야 한다. 좋든 나쁘든 여호와의 말씀에 복종하겠다는 이 다짐보다 더 훌륭한 말은 없었다.

(1) 이제 그들은 하나님을 "우리 하나님"이라 부른다. 예레미야가 그들을 격려하여 그렇게 부르게 했다(4절). "당신들의 하나님 여호와께 기도하겠습니다." 하나님은 우리 하나님이시므로 우리는 그분의 말씀에 순종해야 한다. 하나님과의 관계는 순종의 강력한 근거다.

(2) 그들이 선지자를 하나님께 보내어 여쭤보기로 했으므로 그분의 뜻에 따르겠다고 약속한다. 하나님의 뜻을 알고 싶다면 알게 되었을 때 온전히 따르겠다는 결단이 없이는 진정한 바람이 아니다.

(3) 그들이 약속하는 것은 암묵적이고 전면적인 순종이다. 하나님이 명하시는 대로 무엇이든, 좋든 나쁘든 하겠다고 한다. "우리에게 나쁘게 보일지라도 하나님이 명하시면 분명히 선한 것임을 믿으며, 따지지 않고 행하겠습니다. 하나님이 명하시는 것이 쉽든 어렵든, 우리의 성향에 맞든 맞지 않든, 비용이 들든 안 들든, 유행하든 아니든, 세상적 이익이 되든 손해가 되든 — 우리의 의무라면 행하겠습니다."

(4) 이 다짐의 근거는 매우 합당하고 강력하다. "우리에게 잘 되게 하려고"라는 이유인데, 이는 달리 어떤 조건으로도 잘 될 수 없다는 확신을 내포한다.

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J E R E M I A H. CHAP. XLII. Johanan and the captains being strongly bent upon going into Egypt, either their affections or politics advising them to take that course, they had a great desire that God should direct them to do so too like Balaam, who, when he was determined to go and curse Israel, asked God leave. Here is, I. The fair bargain that was made between Jeremiah and them about consulting God in this matter, Jeremiah 42:1-6 . II. The message at large which God sent them, in answer to their enquiry, in which, 1. They are commanded and encouraged to continue in the land of Judah, and assured that if they did so it should be well with them, Jeremiah 42:7-12 . 2. They are forbidden to go to Egypt, and are plainly told that if they did it would be their ruin, Jeremiah 42:13-18 . 3. They are charged with dissimulation in their asking what God's will was in this matter and disobedience when they were told what it was; and sentence is accordingly passed upon them, Jeremiah 42:19-22 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-6" class="com-number"

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요하난을 비롯한 군지휘관들은 이집트로 내려가기로 마음을 굳힌 상태였다. 그들의 감정이든 정치적 판단이든 그 방향을 가리켰다. 그들은 하나님도 자기들의 결정에 동의해 주기를 바랐다. 이는 발람이 이스라엘을 저주하러 가기로 결심해 놓고 하나님께 허락을 구한 것과 다르지 않다. 이 장에는 세 가지 내용이 담겨 있다.

첫째, 예레미야와 백성 사이에 맺어진 정직한 약속 — 이 문제를 두고 하나님께 여쭙겠다는 것이다(1-6절). 둘째, 하나님께서 그들의 질문에 응답하시며 보내신 광범위한 메시지다. (1) 유다 땅에 머물도록 명하시고 그렇게 하면 잘 될 것이라 확증하신다(7-12절). (2) 이집트로 가는 것을 금하시며, 그렇게 하면 반드시 망할 것이라 분명히 말씀하신다(13-18절). (3) 하나님의 뜻을 묻는 그들의 행동이 위선이었음을 밝히시고, 명령을 들어도 불순종할 것임을 지적하시며 판결을 선고하신다(19-22절).

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Jeremiah's Address to the People. . 7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. 11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD : for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. 13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD , ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. 19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. 20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. 22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. We have here the answer which Jeremiah was sent to deliver to those who employed him to ask counsel of God. I. It did not come immediately, not till ten days after, Jeremiah 42:7 ; Jeremiah 42:7 . They were thus long held in suspense, perhaps, to punish them for their hypocrisy or to show that Jeremiah did not speak of himself, nor what he would, for he could not speak when he would, but must wait for instructions. However, it teaches us to continue waiting upon God for direction in our way. The vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak. II. When it did come he delivered it publicly, both to the captains and to all the people, from the meanest to those in the highest station; he delivered it fully and faithfully as he received it, as he had promised that he would keep nothing back from them. If Jeremiah had been to direct them by his own prudence, perhaps he could not have told what to advise them to, the case was so difficult; but what he has to advise is what the Lord the God of Israel saith, to whom they had sent him, and therefore they were bound in honour and duty to observe it. And this he tells them, 1. That it is the will of God that they should stay where they are, and his promise that, if they do so, it shall undoubtedly be well with them he would have them still to abide in this land, Jeremiah 42:10 ; Jeremiah 42:10 . Their brethren were forced out of it into captivity, and this was their affliction; let those therefore count it a mercy that they may stay in it and a duty to stay in it. Let those whose lot is in Canaan never quit it while they can keep it. It would have been enough to oblige them if God had only said, "I charge you upon your allegiance to abide still in the land; " but he rather persuades them to it as a friend than commands it as a prince. (1.) He expresses a very tender concern for them in their present calamitous condition: It repenteth me of the evil that I have done unto you. Though they had shown small sign of their repenting of their sins, yet God, as one grieved for the misery of Israel ( Judges 10:16 ), begins to repent of the judgments he had brought upon them for their sins. Not that he changed his mind, but he was very ready to change his way and to return in mercy to them. God's time to repent himself concerning his servants is when he sees that, as here, their strength is gone, and there is none shut up or left, Deuteronomy 32:36 . (2.) He answers the argument they had against abiding in this land. They feared the king of Babylon ( Jeremiah 41:18 ; Jeremiah 41:18 ), lest he should come and avenge the death of Gedaliah upon them, though they were no way accessory to it, nay, had witnessed against it. The surmise was foreign and unreasonable; but, if there had been any ground for it, enough is here said to remove it ( Jeremiah 42:11 ; Jeremiah 42:11 ): " Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, though he is a man of great might and little mercy, and a very arbitrary prince, whose will is a law, and therefore you are afraid he will upon this pretence, though without colour of reason, take advantage against you; be not afraid of him, for that fear will bring a snare: fear not him, for I am with you; and, if God be for you to save you, who can be against you to hurt you?" Thus has God provided to obviate and silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourage them in the way of their duty; there is enough in the promises to encourage them. (3.) He assures them that if they will still abide in this land they shall not only be safe from the king of Babylon, but be made happy by the King of kings: " I will build you and plant you; you shall take root again, and be the new foundation of another state, a phoenix-kingdom, rising out of the ashes of the last." It is added ( Jeremiah 42:12 ; Jeremiah 42:12 ), I will show mercies unto you. Note, In all our comforts we may read God's mercies. God will show them mercy in this, that not only the king of Babylon shall not destroy them, but he shall have mercy upon them and help to settle them. Note, Whatever kindness men do us we must attribute it to God's kindness. He makes those whom he pities to be pitied even by those who carried them captives, Psalms 16:46 . "The king of Babylon, having now the disposal of the country, shall cause you to return it to your own land, shall settle you again in your own habitations and put you in possession of the lands that formerly belonged to you." Note, God has made that our duty which is really our privilege, and our obedience will be its own recompence. " Abide in this land, and it shall be your own land again and you shall continue in it. Do not quit it now that you stand so fair for the enjoyment of it again. Be no so unwise as to forsake your own mercies for lying vanities. " 2. That as they tender the favour of God and their own happiness they must by no means think of going into Egypt, not thither of all places, not to that land out of which God had delivered their fathers and which he had so often warned them not to make alliance with nor to put confidence in. Observe here, (1.) The sin they are supposed to be guilty of (and to him that knew their hearts it was more than a supposition): "You begin to say, We will not dwell in this land ( Jeremiah 42:13 ; Jeremiah 42:13 ); we will never think that we can be safe in it, no, not though God himself undertake our protection. We will not continue in it, no, not in obedience to the voice of the Lord our God. He may say what he please, but we will do what we please. We will go into the land of Egypt, and there will we dwell, whether God give us leave and go along with us or no," Jeremiah 42:14 ; Jeremiah 42:14 . It is supposed that their hearts were upon it: " If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and are obstinately resolved that you will go and sojourn there, though God oppose you in it both by his word and by his providence, then take what follows." Now the reason they go upon in this resolution is that " in Egypt we shall see no war, nor have hunger of bread,; as we have had for a long time in this land," Jeremiah 42:14 ; Jeremiah 42:14 . Note, It is folly to quit our place, especially to quit the holy land, because we meet with trouble in it; but greater folly to think by changing our place to escape the judgments of God, and that evil which pursues sinners in every way of disobedience, and which there is no escaping but by returning to our allegiance. (2.) The sentence passed upon them for this sin, if they will persist in it. It is pronounced in God's name ( Jeremiah 42:15 ; Jeremiah 42:15 ): "Hear the word of the Lord, you remnant of Judah, who think that because you are a remnant you must be spared of course ( Jeremiah 42:2 ; Jeremiah 42:2 ) and indulged in your own humour." [1.] Did the sword and famine frighten them? Those very judgments shall pursue them into Egypt, shall overtake them, and overcome them there ( Jeremiah 42:16 ; Jeremiah 42:17 ): "You think, because war and famine have long been raging in this land, that they are entailed upon it; whereas, if you trust in God, he can make even this land a land of peace to you; you think they are confined to it, and, if you can get clear of this land, you shall get out of the reach of them, but God will send them after you wherever you go." Note, the evils we think to escape by sin we certainly and inevitably run ourselves upon. The men that go to Egypt in contradiction to God's will, to escape the sword and famine, shall die in Egypt by sword and famine. We may apply it to the common calamities of human life; those that are impatient of them, and think to avoid them by changing their place, will find that they are deceived and that they do not at all better themselves. The grievances common to men will meet them wherever they go. All our removes in this world are but from one wilderness to another; still we are where we were. [2.] Did the desolations of Jerusalem frighten them? Were they willing to get as far as they could from them? They shall meet with the second part of them too in Egypt ( Jeremiah 42:18 ; Jeremiah 42:18 ): As my anger and fury have been poured out here upon Jerusalem, so they shall be poured out upon you in Egypt. Note, Those that have by sin made God their enemy will find him a consuming fire wherever they go. And then you shall be an execration and an astonishment. The Hebrews were of old an abomination to the Egyptians ( Genesis 43:32 ), and now they shall be made more so than ever. When God's professing people mingle with infidels, and make their court to them, they lose their dignity and make themselves a reproach. 3. That God knew their hypocrisy in their enquiries of him, and that when they asked what he would have them to do they were resolved to take their own way; and therefore the sentence which was before pronounced conditionally is made absolute. Having set before them good and evil, the blessing and the curse, in the close he makes application of what he had said. And here, (1.) He solemnly protests that he had faithfully delivered his message, Jeremiah 42:19 ; Jeremiah 42:19 . The conclusion of the whole matter is, " Go not down into Egypt; you disobey the command of God if you do, and what I have said to you will be a witness against you; for know certainly that, whether you will hear or whether you will forbear, I have plainly admonished you; you cannot now plead ignorance of the mind of God." (2.) He charges them with base dissimulation in the application they made to him for divine direction ( Jeremiah 42:20 ; Jeremiah 42:20 ): " You dissembled in your hearts; you professed one thing and intended another, promising what you never meant to perform." You have used deceit against your soul (so the margin reads it); for those that think to put a cheat upon God will prove in the end to have put a damning cheat upon themselves. (3.) He is already aware that they are determined to go contrary to the command of God; probably they discovered it in their countenance and secret mutterings already, before he had finished his discourse. However, he spoke from him who knew their hearts: " You have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God; you have not a disposition to obey it." Thus Moses, in the close of his farewell sermon, had told them ( Deuteronomy 31:27 ; Deuteronomy 31:29 ), I know thy rebellion and thy stiff neck, and that you will corrupt yourselves. Admire the patience of God, that he is pleased to speak to those who, he knows, will not regard him, and deal with those who, he knows, will deal very treacherously, Isaiah 48:8 . (4.) He therefore reads them their doom, ratifying what he had said before: Know certainly that you shall die by the sword, Jeremiah 42:22 ; Jeremiah 42:22 . God's threatenings may be vilified, but cannot be nullified, by the unbelief of man. Famine and pestilence shall pursue these sinners; for there is no place privileged from divine arrests, nor can any malefactors go out of God's jurisdiction. You shall die in the place whither you desire to go. Note, We know not what is good for ourselves; and that often proves afflictive, and sometimes fatal, which we are most fond of and have our hearts most set upon. return to ' Top of Page ' Jeremiah Jer 41 Jeremiah Jer Jeremiah Jer 43 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Jeremiah 42". 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**예레미야가 백성에게 전한 하나님의 말씀 — 예레미야 42:7-22**

여호와의 말씀이 예레미야에게 임한 것은 열흘 후였다(7절). 그동안 그들은 긴장 속에 기다려야 했다. 아마 그들의 위선을 벌하기 위해, 또는 예레미야가 스스로 말하지 않고 하나님의 명령을 기다려야 함을 보여 주기 위해 그러했을 것이다. 어쨌든 이것은 우리에게 하나님의 인도를 위한 기다림을 계속할 것을 가르친다. 예언은 정해진 때를 위한 것이며, 그때가 되면 성취된다.

말씀이 임했을 때, 예레미야는 지휘관들과 크고 작은 모든 백성에게 공개적으로 선포했다. 그는 약속한 대로 아무것도 숨기지 않고 받은 그대로 전달했다. 만약 예레미야가 자신의 지혜로 방향을 제시해야 했다면, 상황이 너무 복잡해 어떻게 조언해야 할지 몰랐을 것이다. 그러나 그가 전하는 것은 그들이 보낸 이스라엘의 하나님 여호와의 말씀이며, 따라서 그들은 명예와 의무 차원에서 따라야 했다.

그가 전한 내용은 세 가지다.

**1. 하나님의 뜻은 그들이 현재 있는 곳에 머무는 것이며, 그렇게 하면 반드시 잘 될 것이라는 약속이다(10절).** 형제들은 포로로 끌려가야 했지만, 이들은 이 땅에 머물 수 있는 것이 자비임을 알고 의무로 여겨야 했다. 가나안에 속한 이들은 지킬 수 있는 한 결코 그 땅을 떠나지 말아야 한다. 하나님께서는 군주로 명령하기보다 친구로서 설득하신다.

(1) 그들의 비참한 처지에 대한 깊은 연민을 표현하신다. "내가 너희에게 내린 재앙을 내가 뉘우친다." 그들이 죄에서 돌이킨 표시를 거의 보이지 않았음에도, 하나님은 — 이스라엘의 비참함을 보고 마음이 아프신 분처럼(삿 10:16) — 그들에게 내리신 심판을 뉘우치기 시작하신다. 하나님은 마음이 변하신 것이 아니라 그 행하심을 바꾸실 준비가 된 것이다. 하나님이 그 종들에 대한 뜻을 바꾸실 때는 그들의 힘이 다하고 묶인 자도 자유인도 아무도 없을 때다(신 32:36).

(2) 이 땅에 머물지 않으려는 그들의 논거에 응답하신다. 그들은 바벨론 왕을 두려워했다(렘 41:18). 그가 이스마엘을 추모한다는 구실로 자신들에게 복수할까 봐 염려한 것이다. 그 우려가 근거 없는 것이었음에도 하나님은 이를 제거하신다(11절). "바벨론 왕을 두려워하지 말라. 그는 강력하고 무자비한 자이며 절대 권력을 가진 왕이어서, 아무런 이유 없이 너희를 칠 수도 있겠지만 — 두려워하지 말라. 내가 너희와 함께하여 구원할 것이다." 하나님은 근거 없는 두려움까지도 제거하기 위한 약속을 주신다. 두려움은 올무를 가져온다.

(3) 이 땅에 머물면 안전할 뿐 아니라 만왕의 왕 하나님으로 말미암아 복을 누릴 것임을 확증하신다. "내가 너희를 세우고 심겠다. 너희가 다시 뿌리를 내리고 새로운 나라의 기초가 될 것이다. 마지막 나라의 재 속에서 불사조처럼 일어나는 나라가 될 것이다." 또한 하나님께서 그들에게 은혜를 베푸실 것이라 하신다(12절). 모든 위안에서 하나님의 자비를 읽어야 한다. 바벨론 왕도 그들에게 자비를 베풀어 그 땅으로 돌아오게 할 것이다. 사람들이 우리에게 행하는 어떤 친절도 하나님의 친절에서 비롯된다. 그분은 그분이 불쌍히 여기시는 자들을 포로로 잡아간 자들에게도 불쌍히 여김을 받게 하신다(시 106:46). "바벨론 왕이 이 나라를 처분할 권한을 가지고 있으므로, 그가 너희를 너희 땅으로 돌아오게 하고 전에 너희 것이었던 땅을 다시 소유하게 할 것이다." 하나님은 우리의 의무를 우리의 특권이 되게 하셨으니, 순종 자체가 보상이다. "이 땅에 머물라. 그러면 이 땅이 다시 너희 땅이 되고 너희는 계속 거기 거할 것이다. 지금 이 땅에 대한 소유권을 회복할 좋은 기회를 어리석게 버리지 말라. 덧없는 거짓을 위해 너희의 자비를 버리지 말라."

**2. 이집트로 가는 것은 절대 안 된다는 것이다. 그 모든 곳 중에서도 이집트는 안 된다. 하나님이 그들의 조상을 구해 내신 땅, 동맹을 맺지도 신뢰를 두지도 말라고 그토록 경고하셨던 바로 그 땅이기 때문이다(13절 이하).**

(1) 그들이 저지르는 죄 — 하나님은 그것이 단순한 가정이 아님을 알고 계셨다. "너희는 이미 '이 땅에 거하지 않겠다'고 말하기 시작했다(13절). 하나님 자신이 우리를 보호하겠다 하셔도 안전하다고 믿지 않겠다. 이 땅에 머물지 않겠다. 우리 하나님 여호와의 말씀에 순종하지 않겠다. 하나님이 무슨 말씀을 하시든 우리 마음대로 하겠다. 이집트 땅으로 가겠다. 하나님이 허락하시든 함께 가시든 안 가시든(14절)." 그들의 마음이 이미 그쪽으로 기울어 있었다는 전제로 말씀하신다. "만약 너희가 이집트로 들어가기로 완전히 결심하고, 하나님이 말씀과 섭리로 가로막으셔도 완고하게 거기 가서 살겠다고 한다면 — 그 결과를 감수하라." 그들의 이유는 이집트에서는 전쟁도 없고 굶주림도 없을 것이라는 것이었다(14절). 성지에서 고난을 만났다고 그 땅을 버리는 것은 어리석음이다. 장소를 바꿔 하나님의 심판을 피하려 하는 것은 더 큰 어리석음이다. 불순종의 모든 길에서 악을 쫓아오는 것은 회개하지 않으면 결코 피할 수 없다.

(2) 이 죄에 대해 내려지는 판결(15절 이하). "유다의 남은 자들아, 여호와의 말씀을 들으라. 너희가 잔류자이므로 무조건 살아남을 것이라 생각한다면(42:2), 그리고 제멋대로 행해도 될 것이라 여긴다면 — 들으라."

[1] 칼과 기근이 그들을 무섭게 했는가? 바로 그 심판들이 이집트에서도 그들을 쫓아와 따라잡을 것이다(16-17절). "너희는 오래도록 이 땅에 전쟁과 기근이 이어졌으므로 그것이 이 땅에 속박되어 있다고 생각한다. 하나님을 신뢰하면 그분은 이 땅도 평화로운 땅으로 만드실 수 있건만, 이집트에 가면 그 밖으로 벗어나는 것이라 생각한다. 그러나 하나님은 그것들을 어디든 너희를 따라 보내실 것이다." 죄로 말미암아 피하려는 악들을 우리는 반드시 만나게 된다. 하나님의 뜻을 거역하고 이집트로 간 자들은 칼과 기근에서 도망치려다 이집트에서 칼과 기근으로 죽을 것이다. 이는 일상의 역경에도 적용된다. 인내하지 못하고 장소를 바꿔 피하려는 사람들은 속는 것이다. 인류 공통의 환난은 어디 가든 따라온다. 이 세상의 모든 이동은 한 광야에서 다른 광야로 옮기는 것에 불과하다. 결국 우리는 출발한 그 자리에 있는 것이다.

[2] 예루살렘의 황폐가 그들을 두렵게 했는가? 최대한 멀리 피하고 싶었는가? 그 두 번째 편을 이집트에서도 만나게 될 것이다(18절). "예루살렘에 내 분노와 격노를 쏟아냈듯이, 너희가 이집트에 들어갈 때 너희에게 그 분노를 쏟아낼 것이다." 죄로 인해 하나님을 원수로 삼은 자들은 어디를 가든 그분이 소멸하는 불이심을 알게 된다. "너희는 저주와 경악과 욕거리가 될 것이다." 히브리인들은 예로부터 이집트인들에게 혐오의 대상이었는데(창 43:32), 이제 전보다 훨씬 더 그렇게 될 것이다. 하나님의 백성이 불신앙의 자들과 섞이고 그들에게 아첨할 때, 자신의 존엄을 잃고 수치거리가 된다.

**3. 하나님은 그들이 여쭤본 것이 위선이었음을 알고 계셨다. 그들은 자기들 마음대로 하기로 결심했으면서 하나님의 뜻을 물었다. 따라서 앞서 조건부로 선언된 판결은 이제 확정적으로 내려진다.** 선과 악, 복과 저주를 앞에 두고, 예레미야는 말씀을 마치며 이렇게 적용한다.

(1) 자신이 사명을 성실히 수행했음을 엄숙히 선언한다(19절). "이 모든 것의 결론은 이집트로 내려가지 말라는 것이다. 그리 하면 하나님의 명령을 어기는 것이며, 내가 전한 이 말씀이 너희에 대한 증인이 될 것이다. 너희가 듣든 안 듣든 하나님의 뜻을 분명히 경고받았다는 것을 알라."

(2) 그들이 하나님의 지시를 구하면서 위선을 저질렀음을 고발한다(20절). "너희는 마음속에서 속임수를 썼다. 한 가지를 고백하면서 다른 것을 의도했다. 결코 행하지 않을 것을 약속했다." "너희는 영혼을 속이는 속임수를 썼다"(난외주). 하나님을 속이려는 자는 결국 자신을 파멸적으로 속이게 된다는 것을 알게 된다.

(3) 예레미야는 이미 그들이 하나님의 명령을 거스르기로 결심했음을 간파하고 있었다. 그들의 얼굴과 은밀한 중얼거림에서 이미 드러났을 것이다. 어쨌든 그는 그들의 마음을 아시는 분으로부터 받은 말씀을 전했다. "너희는 너희 하나님 여호와의 음성에 순종하지 않았다. 순종할 마음이 없다." 모세도 작별 설교의 마지막에 이렇게 말했다(신 31:27, 29). "나는 너희의 반역과 목이 곧은 것을 안다. 너희는 반드시 스스로를 부패시킬 것이다." 이런 자들에게도 하나님이 기꺼이 말씀하시고 대우하신다는 것, 심지어 심히 배반할 것을 아시면서도(사 48:8) — 이것이 하나님의 놀라운 인내심이다.

(4) 따라서 하나님은 선고를 확정하신다. "너희는 칼과 기근과 전염병으로 반드시 죽을 것임을 알라"(22절). 하나님의 위협은 사람의 불신앙으로 경멸받을 수 있지만, 무효화될 수는 없다. 기근과 전염병이 이 죄인들을 따라올 것이다. 하나님의 체포를 피할 수 있는 특권을 가진 장소는 없으며, 그 어떤 악인도 하나님의 관할권에서 벗어날 수 없다. "너희가 가서 살기를 원하는 그 곳에서 죽을 것이다." 우리는 스스로에게 무엇이 좋은지 알지 못한다. 가장 좋아하고 마음을 가장 많이 두는 것이 때로는 고통의 원인이 되고, 때로는 죽음의 원인이 된다.

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