19 The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, (A)‘Do not go to Egypt.’ (B)Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day 20 that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. (C)For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, (D)‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and (E)whatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’ 21 And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything (F)that he sent me to tell you. 22 (G)Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”

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19 The Lord has spoken to you, you remnant of Judah, “Do not (A)go to Egypt!” You (B)know for certain that I have (C)admonished you today. 20 For you have only [a](D)deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord our God; and whatever the Lord our God says, tell us so, and we will do it.” 21 So I have (E)told you today, but you have (F)not [b]obeyed the Lord your God in whatever He has sent me to tell you. 22 And now you shall know for certain that you will (G)die by the sword, by famine, or by plague in the (H)place where you desire to go to reside.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 42:20 Or acted errantly in your souls
  2. Jeremiah 42:21 Lit listened to the voice of