Jeremiah 42:5-6
Expanded Bible
5 Then the people said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and ·loyal [faithful] witness against us if we don’t do everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. 6 ·It does not matter if we like the message or not [L Whether good or bad…]. We will ·obey [listen to] the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you. We will ·obey [listen to] what he says so good things will happen to us.”
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Jeremiah 42:5-6
New American Standard Bible
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the (A)Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole [a]message with which the Lord your God will send you to us. 6 Whether it is [b]pleasant or [c]unpleasant, we will (B)listen to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go (C)well for us when we listen to the voice of the Lord our God.”
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- Jeremiah 42:5 Lit word
- Jeremiah 42:6 Lit good
- Jeremiah 42:6 Lit evil
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