2 Kings 6:33 (YLT)

Passage

He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, `Lo, this <FI>is<Fi> the evil from Jehovah: what--do I wait for Jehovah any more?'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:31 And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.'

2 Kings 6:32 And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and <FI>the king<Fi> sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, `Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?'

2 Kings 6:33 He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, `Lo, this <FI>is<Fi> the evil from Jehovah: what--do I wait for Jehovah any more?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speaking", "messenger", "coming", "down", "saith", "evil", "jehovah", and "what--do". 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 "And Elisha is sitting in his house...", 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.