Jeremiah 42:7-18
New King James Version
7 And it happened after ten days that the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. 8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him: 10 ‘If you will still remain in this land, then (A)I will build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I (B)relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you. 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not be afraid of him,’ says the Lord, (C)‘for I am with you, to save you and deliver you from his hand. 12 And (D)I will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.’
13 “But if (E)you say, ‘We will not dwell in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God, 14 saying, ‘No, but we will go to the land of (F)Egypt where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread, and there we will dwell’— 15 Then hear now the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah! Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you (G)wholly[a] set (H)your faces to enter Egypt, and go to dwell there, 16 then it shall be that the (I)sword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And (J)none of them shall remain or escape from the disaster that I will bring upon them.’
18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been (K)poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And (L)you shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’
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- Jeremiah 42:15 Or surely
Jeremiah 42:7-18
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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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