Jeremiah 42 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[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.”

King James Version

^[1] Then all the captainsH8269 of the forces,H2428 and JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of Kareah,H7143 and JezaniahH3153 the sonH1121 of Hoshaiah,H1955 and all the peopleH5971 from the leastH6996 even unto the greatest,H1419 came near,H5066(QalImpf) ^[2] And saidH559(QalImpf) unto JeremiahH3414 the prophet,H5030 Let, we beseech thee, our supplicationH8467 be acceptedH5307(QalImpf) beforeH6440 thee, and prayH6419(HithImpv) for us unto the LordH3068 thy God,H430 [even] for all this remnant;H7611 (for we are leftH7604(NiphPerf) [but] a fewH4592 of many,H7235(HiphInf) as thine eyesH5869 do beholdH7200(QalActPtc) us:) ^[3] That the LordH3068 thy GodH430 may shewH5046(HiphImpf) us the wayH1870 wherein we may walk,H3212(QalImpf) and the thingH1697 that we may do.H6213(QalImpf) ^[4] Then JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, I have heardH8085(QalPerf) [you]; behold, I will prayH6419(HithPtc) unto the LordH3068 your GodH430 according to your words;H1697 and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever thingH1697 the LordH3068 shall answerH6030(QalImpf) you, I will declareH5046(HiphImpf) [it] unto you; I will keepH4513 nothingH1697 backH4513(QalImpf) from you. ^[5] Then they saidH559(QalPerf) to Jeremiah,H3414 The LordH3068 be a trueH571 and faithfulH539(NiphPtc) witnessH5707 between us, if we doH6213(QalImpf) not even according to all thingsH1697 for the which the LordH3068 thy GodH430 shall sendH7971(QalImpf) thee to us. ^[6] Whether [it be] good,H2896 or whether [it be] evil,H7451 we will obeyH8085(QalImpf) the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our God,H430 to whom weH580 sendH7971(QalActPtc) thee; that it may be wellH3190(QalImpf) with us, when we obeyH8085(QalImpf) the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our God.H430 ^[7] And it came to pass afterH7093 tenH6235 days,H3117 that the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto Jeremiah.H3414 ^[8] Then calledH7121(QalImpf) he JohananH3110 the sonH1121 of Kareah,H7143 and all the captainsH8269 of the forcesH2428 which [were] with him, and all the peopleH5971 from the leastH6996 even to the greatest,H1419 ^[9] And saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 the GodH430 of Israel,H3478 unto whom ye sentH7971(QalPerf) me to presentH5307(HiphInf) your supplicationH8467 beforeH6440 him; ^[10] If ye will stillH7725(QalInf) abideH3427(QalImpf) in this land,H776 then will I buildH1129(QalPerf) you, and not pull [you] down,H2040(QalImpf) and I will plantH5193(QalPerf) you, and not pluck [you] up:H5428(QalImpf) for I repentH5162(NiphPerf) me of the evilH7451 that I have doneH6213(QalPerf) unto you. ^[11] Be not afraidH3372(QalImpf) ofH6440 the kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 of whomH6440 ye are afraid;H3373 be not afraidH3372(QalImpf) of him, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord:H3068 for I [am] with you to saveH3467(HiphInf) you, and to deliverH5337(HiphInf) you from his hand.H3027 ^[12] And I will shewH5414(QalImpf) merciesH7356 unto you, that he may have mercyH7355(PielPerf) upon you, and cause you to returnH7725(HiphPerf) to your own land.H127 ^[13] But if ye say,H559(QalActPtc) We will not dwellH3427(QalImpf) in this land,H776 neither obeyH8085(QalInf) the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 your God,H430 ^[14] Saying,H559(QalInf) No; but we will goH935(QalImpf) into the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 where we shall seeH7200(QalImpf) no war,H4421 nor hearH8085(QalImpf) the soundH6963 of the trumpet,H7782 nor have hungerH7456(QalImpf) of bread;H3899 and there will we dwell:H3427(QalImpf) ^[15] And now therefore hearH8085(QalImpv) the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 ye remnantH7611 of Judah;H3063 Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 If ye whollyH7760(QalInf) setH7760(QalImpf) your facesH6440 to enterH935(QalInf) into Egypt,H4714 and goH935(QalPerf) to sojournH1481(QalInf) there; ^[16] Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword,H2719 which ye feared,H3373 shall overtakeH5381(HiphImpf) you there in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 and the famine,H7458 whereof ye were afraid,H1672(QalActPtc) shall follow closeH1692(QalImpf) afterH310 you there in Egypt;H4714 and there ye shall die.H4191(QalImpf) ^[17] So shall it be with all the menH582 that setH7760(QalPerf) their facesH6440 to goH935(QalInf) into EgyptH4714 to sojournH1481(QalInf) there; they shall dieH4191(QalImpf) by the sword,H2719 by the famine,H7458 and by the pestilence:H1698 and none of them shall remainH8300 or escapeH6412 fromH6440 the evilH7451 that I will bringH935(HiphPtc) upon them. ^[18] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 As mine angerH639 and my furyH2534 hath been poured forthH5413(NiphPerf) upon the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of Jerusalem;H3389 so shall my furyH2534 be poured forthH5413(QalImpf) upon you, when ye shall enterH935(QalInf) into Egypt:H4714 and ye shall be an execration,H423 and an astonishment,H8047 and a curse,H7045 and a reproach;H2781 and ye shall seeH7200(QalImpf) this placeH4725 no more. ^[19] The LordH3068 hath saidH1696(PielPerf) concerning you, O ye remnantH7611 of Judah;H3063 GoH935(QalImpf) ye not into Egypt:H4714 knowH3045(QalImpf) certainlyH3045(QalInf) that I have admonishedH5749(HiphPerf) you this day.H3117 ^[20] For ye dissembledH8582(HiphPerf) in your hearts,H5315 when ye sentH7971(QalPerf) me unto the LordH3068 your God,H430 saying,H559(QalInf) PrayH6419(HithImpv) for us unto the LordH3068 our God;H430 and according unto all that the LordH3068 our GodH430 shall say,H559(QalImpf) so declareH5046(HiphImpv) unto us, and we will doH6213(QalPerf) [it]. ^[21] And [now] I have this dayH3117 declaredH5046(HiphImpf) [it] to you; but ye have not obeyedH8085(QalPerf) the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 your God,H430 nor any [thing] for the which he hath sentH7971(QalPerf) me unto you. ^[22] Now therefore knowH3045(QalImpf) certainlyH3045(QalInf) that ye shall dieH4191(QalImpf) by the sword,H2719 by the famine,H7458 and by the pestilence,H1698 in the placeH4725 whither ye desireH2654(QalPerf) to goH935(QalInf) [and] to sojourn.H1481(QalInf)

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