Jeremia 40:3

Elberfelder Bibel

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
und der Herr hat es so kommen lassen und getan, wie er gesagt; denn ihr habt an dem Herrn gesündigt und auf seine Stimme nicht gehört; darum ist es euch so ergangen.

Lutherbible (1912)
und hat's auch kommen lassen und getan, wie er geredet hat; denn ihr habt gesündigt wider den HERRN und seiner Stimme nicht gehorcht; darum ist euch solches widerfahren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: Jeremiah 50:7, Nehemiah 9:28, Nehemiah 9:33, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:12, Romans 2:5, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:25 - Because Deuteronomy 32:31 - General 2 Chronicles 36:17 - he brought Nehemiah 9:30 - therefore Jeremiah 22:9 - General Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.