Jeremiah 42:7-18
Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah’s Advice to Stay
7 At the end of ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, 8 and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
9 He said to them, “This is what the Lord says, the God of Israel to whom you sent me to bring your petition before him: 10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you,(A) and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.(B) 11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon(C) whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you(D) and rescue you from him. 12 I will grant you compassion,(E) and he[a] will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.’
13 “But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’(F) in order to disobey the Lord your God, 14 and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt(G) where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn(H) or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,’ 15 then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel,(I) says: ‘If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt(J) and stay there for a while, 16 then the sword(K) you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels[b] there to Egypt, and you will die there. 17 All who resolve to go to Egypt to stay there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or fugitive from the disaster I will bring on them.’
18 “For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents,(L) so will my fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an example for cursing, scorn,(M) execration, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
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Jeremiah 42:7-18
Lexham English Bible
The Remnant Rejects the Word of Yahweh
7 And then[a] at the end of ten days the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah. 8 And he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the smallest to the greatest, 9 and said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to cause your plea to fall before him:[b] 10 ‘If only you will stay in this land, then I will build you and I will not tear you down, and I will plant you and I will not pluck you up, for I relent of the disaster that I have brought to you. 11 You must not be afraid of[c] the king of Babylon whom you are afraid of.[d] You must not be afraid of him,’ declares[e] Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you and to deliver you from his hand. 12 And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and will restore you to your soil.
13 But if you are saying, “We will not stay in this land,” so as to not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, 14 saying, “No, for we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, and we will not hear the sound of a horn, and we will not be hungry for bread, and there we will stay,” 15 then therefore[f] hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “If you are determined[g] to go to Egypt, and you go to dwell as aliens there, 16 then it will be that the sword that you are in fear of will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine that you are anxious of will pursue after you there into Egypt, and there you will die. 17 So all the people who are determined[h] to go to Egypt to dwell as aliens there will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, and there will not be for them an escapee or a survivor from the disaster that I am bringing upon them.” 18 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will pour out on you at your going to Egypt, and you will become a curse, and a horror, and a curse formula, and a disgrace, and you will no longer see this place.”’
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- Jeremiah 42:7 Literally “And it was”
- Jeremiah 42:9 Literally “to the face of him”
- Jeremiah 42:11 Literally “from the face of”
- Jeremiah 42:11 Literally “in fear from the presence of him”
- Jeremiah 42:11 Literally “a declaration of”
- Jeremiah 42:15 Literally “to thus”
- Jeremiah 42:15 Literally “If you indeed set your face”
- Jeremiah 42:17 Literally “have set their faces”
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