2 Kings 6:33 (DRB)

Passage

While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:31 And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus, the son of Saphat, shall stand on him this day.

2 Kings 6:32 But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master's feet is behind him.

2 Kings 6:33 While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speaking", "messenger", "appeared", "coming", "said", "behold", "great", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speaking" and "messenger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "But Eliseus sat in his house and...", giving immediate footing for "speaking" and "messenger". In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "speaking" and "messenger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.