Jeremiah 42
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The Remnant Asks Jeremiah to Pray to Yahweh for Direction
1Then all the commanders of the armies, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the smallest to the greatest, approached 2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “May our plea please fall before you,#Literally “to the face of you” and pray for us to Yahweh your God, for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes are seeing us. 3And let Yahweh your God inform us the way in which we should go and the thing that we should do.” 4And Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard. Look, I am going to pray to Yahweh your God according to your words, and then#Literally “and it will happen” all the words#Hebrew “word” that Yahweh answers you I will tell you; I will not withhold from you a word.” 5Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be against us as a true and faithful witness#Literally “a witness of faithfulness and trustworthy” if we do not do according to all the words#Hebrew “word” that Yahweh sends you for us. 6Whether good or bad, we will listen to the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
The Remnant Rejects the Word of Yahweh
7And then#Literally “And it was” at the end of ten days the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah. 8And 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, 9and said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to cause your plea to fall before him:#Literally “to the face of him” 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. 11You must not be afraid of#Literally “from the face of” the king of Babylon whom you are afraid of.#Literally “in fear from the presence of him” You must not be afraid of him,’ declares#Literally “a declaration of” Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you and to deliver you from his hand. 12And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and will restore you to your soil.
13But if you are saying, “We will not stay in this land,” so as to not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, 14saying, “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,” 15then therefore#Literally “to thus” hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “If you are determined#Literally “If you indeed set your face” to go to Egypt, and you go to dwell as aliens there, 16then 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. 17So all the people who are determined#Literally “have set their faces” 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.” 18For 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.” ’
19Yahweh has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, ‘You must not go to Egypt.’ You must certainly know that I have warned you today#Literally “the day” 20that you have made a fatal mistake,#Literally “you have caused them to err for your lives” for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying,#Literally “to say” ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God, and all that Yahweh our God says, so tell us and we will do it.’#Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation 21So I have told you today,#Literally “the day” and you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, or of anything#Literally “all” that he sent me for you. 22Now then, certainly you must know that by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague you will die in the place where you desire to go, to dwell as aliens there.”
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Jeremiah 42
42
Warning Against Going to Egypt
1Then #ch. 40:13; 41:11 all the commanders of the forces, and #See ch. 40:8 Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of #ch. 43:2 Hoshaiah, and all the people #[ch. 6:13]from the least to the greatest, came near 2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let #See ch. 36:7 our plea for mercy come before you, and #ver. 20; [1 Sam. 7:8; 12:19] pray to the Lord your God for us, for all #[ch. 40:15; Isa. 37:4] this remnant—#[Lev. 26:22]because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us— 3that #[ch. 37:17; Ezra 8:21]the Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.” 4Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and #1 Sam. 3:18; [Num. 22:18]whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. #1 Sam. 3:18; [Num. 22:18]I will keep nothing back from you.” 5Then they said to Jeremiah, #[Gen. 31:50] “May the Lord be a true and #[Rev. 1:5; 3:14] faithful witness against us #Judg. 11:10 if we do not act according to all the word #ver. 21with which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, #ch. 7:23that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
7 # [Ezek. 3:16] At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. 8Then he summoned #[See ver. 1 above] Johanan the son of Kareah and #[See ver. 1 above] all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people #[See ver. 1 above]from the least to the greatest, 9and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, #ver. 2, 3to whom you sent me to present your plea for mercy before him: 10If you will remain in this land, #See ch. 24:6 then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; #ch. 18:8; Gen. 6:6; [Deut. 32:36]for I relent of the disaster that I did to you. 11#[ch. 22:25; 41:18] Do not fear the king of Babylon, #[ch. 22:25; 41:18] of whom you are afraid. #ch. 30:10, 11; [Rom. 8:31]Do not fear him, declares the Lord, #ch. 30:10, 11; [Rom. 8:31]for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand. 12#[Neh. 1:11]I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land. 13#ch. 43:4; [ch. 44:16, 17]But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God 14and saying, ‘No, #[ch. 41:17] we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or #ch. 4:19 hear the sound of the trumpet or #[ch. 37:21]be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’ 15then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: #ch. 44:12; [ver. 19; Deut. 17:16] If you set your faces to enter Egypt #ch. 44:27; See ch. 44:1, 12-14and go to live there, 16then the sword #Ezek. 11:8 that you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, #ver. 22; ch. 44:12and there you shall die. 17All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have #Lam. 2:22no remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.
18“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: #See ch. 7:20 As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. #See ch. 18:16You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more. 19The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, #ch. 43:2; [ver. 14-16] ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ #[Ezek. 2:5]Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day 20that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. #ver. 2 For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, #ver. 2 ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and #ver. 3whatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’ 21And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything #ver. 5that he sent me to tell you. 22#ver. 16, 17Now 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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