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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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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. ()

Jeremiah 42:2 Or, let our supplication fall before thee
Jeremiah 42:16 Heb. shall cleave after you
Jeremiah 42:17 Heb. so shall all the men be
Jeremiah 42:19 Heb. testified against you
Jeremiah 42:20 Or, you have used deceit against your souls

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 42 (BYZ)

[1] [49:1] και προσηλθον παντες οι ηγεμονες της δυναμεως και ιωαναν και αζαριας υιος μαασαιου και πας ο λαος απο μικρου εως μεγαλου
[2] [49:2] προς ιερεμιαν τον προφητην και ειπαν αυτω πεσετω δη το ελεος ημων κατα προσωπον σου και προσευξαι προς κυριον τον θεον σου περι των καταλοιπων τουτων οτι κατελειφθημεν ολιγοι απο πολλων καθως οι οφθαλμοι σου βλεπουσιν
[3] [49:3] και αναγγειλατω ημιν κυριος ο θεος σου την οδον η πορευσομεθα εν αυτη και λογον ον ποιησομεν
[4] [49:4] και ειπεν αυτοις ιερεμιας ηκουσα ιδου εγω προσευξομαι προς κυριον τον θεον ημων κατα τους λογους υμων και εσται ο λογος ον αν αποκριθησεται κυριος αναγγελω υμιν ου μη κρυψω αφ υμων ρημα
[5] [49:5] και αυτοι ειπαν τω ιερεμια εστω κυριος εν ημιν εις μαρτυρα δικαιον και πιστον ει μη κατα παντα τον λογον ον αν αποστειλη σε κυριος προς ημας ουτως ποιησομεν
[6] [49:6] και εαν αγαθον και εαν κακον την φωνην κυριου του θεου ημων ου ημεις αποστελλομεν σε προς αυτον ακουσομεθα ινα βελτιον ημιν γενηται οτι ακουσομεθα της φωνης κυριου του θεου ημων
[7] [49:7] και εγενηθη μετα δεκα ημερας εγενηθη λογος κυριου προς ιερεμιαν
[8] [49:8] και εκαλεσεν τον ιωαναν και τους ηγεμονας της δυναμεως και παντα τον λαον απο μικρου εως μεγαλου
[9] [49:9] και ειπεν αυτοις ουτως ειπεν κυριος
[10] [49:10] εαν καθισαντες καθισητε εν τη γη ταυτη οικοδομησω υμας και ου μη καθελω και φυτευσω υμας και ου μη εκτιλω οτι αναπεπαυμαι επι τοις κακοις οις εποιησα υμιν
[11] [49:11] μη φοβηθητε απο προσωπου βασιλεως βαβυλωνος ου υμεις φοβεισθε απο προσωπου αυτου μη φοβηθητε φησιν κυριος οτι μεθ υμων εγω ειμι του εξαιρεισθαι υμας και σωζειν υμας εκ χειρος αυτου
[12] [49:12] και δωσω υμιν ελεος και ελεησω υμας και επιστρεψω υμας εις την γην υμων
[13] [49:13] και ει λεγετε υμεις ου μη καθισωμεν εν τη γη ταυτη προς το μη ακουσαι φωνης κυριου
[14] [49:14] οτι εις γην αιγυπτου εισελευσομεθα και ου μη ιδωμεν πολεμον και φωνην σαλπιγγος ου μη ακουσωμεν και εν αρτοις ου μη πεινασωμεν και εκει οικησομεν
[15] [49:15] δια τουτο ακουσατε λογον κυριου ουτως ειπεν κυριος εαν υμεις δωτε το προσωπον υμων εις αιγυπτον και εισελθητε εκει κατοικειν
[16] [49:16] και εσται η ρομφαια ην υμεις φοβεισθε απο προσωπου αυτης ευρησει υμας εν γη αιγυπτου και ο λιμος ου υμεις λογον εχετε απο προσωπου αυτου καταλημψεται υμας οπισω υμων εν αιγυπτω και εκει αποθανεισθε
[17] [49:17] και εσονται παντες οι ανθρωποι και παντες οι αλλογενεις οι θεντες το προσωπον αυτων εις γην αιγυπτου ενοικειν εκει εκλειψουσιν εν τη ρομφαια και εν τω λιμω και ουκ εσται αυτων ουθεις σωζομενος απο των κακων ων εγω επαγω επ αυτους
[18] [49:18] οτι ουτως ειπεν κυριος καθως εσταξεν ο θυμος μου επι τους κατοικουντας ιερουσαλημ ουτως σταξει ο θυμος μου εφ υμας εισελθοντων υμων εις αιγυπτον και εσεσθε εις αβατον και υποχειριοι και εις αραν και εις ονειδισμον και ου μη ιδητε ουκετι τον τοπον τουτον
[19] [49:19] α ελαλησεν κυριος εφ υμας τους καταλοιπους ιουδα μη εισελθητε εις αιγυπτον και νυν γνοντες γνωσεσθε
[20] [49:20] οτι επονηρευσασθε εν ψυχαις υμων αποστειλαντες με λεγοντες προσευξαι περι ημων προς κυριον και κατα παντα α εαν λαληση σοι κυριος ποιησομεν
[21] [49:21] και ουκ ηκουσατε της φωνης κυριου ης απεστειλεν με προς υμας
[22] [49:22] και νυν εν ρομφαια και εν λιμω εκλειψετε εν τω τοπω ου υμεις βουλεσθε εισελθειν κατοικειν εκει

Scripture quotations from the 2018 Robinson-Pierpont edition of the Greek New Testament in the Original Greek, Byzantine Majority Text. It is in the public domain.