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Jeremiah 42 (WEBP)

[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 to the greatest, came near,
[2] and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us,
[3] that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
[4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”
[5] Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us.
[6] Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.”
[7] After ten days, Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah.
[8] Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
[9] and said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says:
[10] ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
[11] Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
[12] I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
[13] “ ‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice,
[14] saying, “No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there we will dwell;” ’
[15] now therefore hear Yahweh’s word, O remnant of Judah! Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there,
[16] then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
[17] So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
[18] For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
[19] “Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today.
[20] For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
[21] I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
[22] Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 42 (KJVS)

[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 .
[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 ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Jeremiah 42 (YLT)

[1] And they come nigh-all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest-
[2] and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, ‘Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;
[3] and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.’
[4] And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto them, ‘I have heard: lo, I am praying unto Jehovah your God according to your words, and it hath come to pass, the whole word that Jehovah answereth you, I declare to you-I do not withhold from you a word.’
[5] And they have said to Jeremiah, ‘Jehovah is against us for a witness true and faithful, if-according to all the word with which Jehovah thy God doth send thee unto us-we do not so.
[6] Whether good or evil, to the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of Jehovah our God.’
[7] And it cometh to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah,
[8] and he calleth unto Johanan son of Kareah, and unto all the heads of the forces that are with him, and to all the people, from the least even unto the greatest,
[9] and he saith unto them, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:
[10] ‘If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.
[11] Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom ye are afraid of; be not afraid of him-an affirmation of Jehovah-for with you am I, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
[12] And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.
[13] ‘And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land-not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,
[14] saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.
[15] And now, therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,
[16] then it hath come to pass, the sword that ye are afraid of, doth there overtake you, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which ye are sorrowful, doth there cleave after you in Egypt, and there ye die.
[17] ‘Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die-by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;
[18] for thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.
[19] ‘Jehovah hath spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: know certainly that I have testified against you to-day;
[20] for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done it;
[21] and I declare to you to-day, and ye have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah your God, and to anything with which He hath sent me unto you.
[22] And now, know ye certainly that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye die, in the place that ye have desired to go in to sojourn there.’