Jeremiah 42:7-18
Legacy Standard Bible
7 Now it happened that at the (A)end of ten days the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah. 8 Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [a]commanders of the military forces that were with him, and for all the people both small and great, 9 and said to them, “Thus (B)says Yahweh the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him: 10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will (C)build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I have [b](D)relented of the calamity that I have done against you. 11 (E)Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for (F)I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand. 12 I will also show you compassion, so that (G)he will have compassion on you and return you to your own soil. 13 But if you are going to say, “We will (H)not stay in this land,” so as not to listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, 14 saying, “No, but we will (I)go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or (J)hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there,” 15 then now, listen to the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “If you really set your face to enter (K)Egypt, and you will enter to sojourn there, 16 then the (L)sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will [c]follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there. 17 So all the men who set their face to go to Egypt to sojourn there will die by the (M)sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and they will (N)have no survivors or any who escaped from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.”’”
18 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My (O)anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a (P)curse, an object of horror, an imprecation, and a reproach; and (Q)you will see this place no more.”
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- Jeremiah 42:8 Or princes
- Jeremiah 42:10 Or regret, cf. 1 Sam 15:11, 29, 35
- Jeremiah 42:16 Lit cling
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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