Jeremiah 42 Free Bible Version
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1 Then all the army commanders, together with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and everyone from the least to the most important came to
1 Y LLEGÁRONSE todos los oficiales de la gente de guerra, y Johanán hijo de Carea, y Jezanías hijo de Osaía, y todo el pueblo desde el menor hasta el mayor,
2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please listen to our request.
2 Y dijeron á Jeremías profeta: Caiga ahora nuestro ruego delante de ti, y ruega por nosotros á Jehová tu Dios, por todo este resto, (pues hemos quedado unos pocos de muchos, como nos ven tus ojos,)
3 Pray to the Lord your God for all of us. As you can see there are only a few of us left compared to how many there were before. In your prayer please ask the Lord your God to tell where to go and what to do.”
3 Para que Jehová tu Dios nos enseñe camino por donde vayamos, y lo que hemos de hacer.
4 “I'll do as you ask,” Jeremiah replied. “I will definitely pray to the Lord your God as you've requested, and I'll tell you everything he says. I won't keep anything back from you.”
4 Y Jeremías profeta les dijo: Ya he oído. He aquí que voy á orar á Jehová vuestro Dios, como habéis dicho; y será que todo lo que Jehová os respondiere, os enseñaré: no os reservaré palabra.
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we don't do everything that the Lord your God tells you we should.
5 Y ellos dijeron á Jeremías: Jehová sea entre nosotros testigo de la verdad y de la lealtad, si no hiciéremos conforme á todo aquello para lo cual Jehová tu Dios te enviare á nosotros.
6 Good or bad, we will obey what the Lord our God says, the one we're asking you to speak to. That way everything will go well with us, because we will be obeying what the Lord our God says.”
6 Ora sea bueno, ora malo, á la voz de Jehová nuestro Dios, al cual te enviamos, obedeceremos; para que, obedeciendo á la voz de Jehová nuestro Dios, tengamos bien.
7 Ten days later a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah.
7 Y aconteció que al cabo de diez días fué palabra de Jehová á Jeremías.
8 He summoned Johanan, all the army commanders, and everyone from the least to the most important.
8 Y llamó á Johanán hijo de Carea, y á todos los oficiales de la gente de guerra que con él estaban, y á todo el pueblo desde el menor hasta el mayor;
9 Jeremiah told them, This what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to those of who you sent to me to present your request:
9 Y díjoles: Así ha dicho Jehová Dios de Israel, al cual me enviasteis para que hiciese caer vuestros ruegos en su presencia:
10 If you will stay right here in this country, then I will build you up and I won't tear you down; I will plant you and I won't uproot you; because I'm very sad about the disaster I have brought down on you.
10 Si os quedareis quietos en esta tierra, os edificaré, y no os destruiré; os plantaré, y no os arrancaré: porque arrepentido estoy del mal que os he hecho.
11 I know you fear the king of Babylon, but you don't need to be afraid of him, declares the Lord. I am with you to save you and rescue you from him.
11 No temáis de la presencia del rey de Babilonia, del cual tenéis temor; no temáis de su presencia, ha dicho Jehová, porque con vosotros estoy yo para salvaros y libraros de su mano:
12 I will be merciful to you, so that he will be merciful to you and will let you stay in your own country.
12 Y os daré misericordias, y tendrá misericordia de vosotros, y os hará tornar á vuestra tierra.
13 But if you say, “We won't stay here in this country,” and by doing so disobey what the Lord your God says;
13 Mas si dijereis: No moraremos en esta tierra, no obedeciendo así á la voz de Jehová vuestro Dios,
14 or if you say instead, “No, we're going to Egypt to live there, where we won't experience war or hear trumpets sounding or go hungry;”
14 Y diciendo: No, antes nos entraremos en tierra de Egipto, en la cual no veremos guerra, ni oiremos sonido de trompeta, ni tendremos hambre de pan, y allá moraremos:
15 then listen to what the Lord says, you survivors from Judah! This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: If you're absolutely determined to go to Egypt and live there,
15 Ahora por eso, oid la palabra de Jehová, reliquias de Judá: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Si vosotros volviereis vuestros rostros para entrar en Egipto, y entrareis para peregrinar allá,
16 then the war you're so frightened of will catch up with you there, and the famine you're so terrified of will chase after you into Egypt, and you will die there.
16 Será que el cuchillo que teméis, os alcanzará allí en tierra de Egipto, y el hambre de que tenéis temor, allá en Egipto se os pegará; y allí moriréis.
17 Everyone who decides to go to Egypt and live there will die by war and famine and disease. Not a single one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring down on them.
17 Será pues, que todos los hombres que tornaren sus rostros para entrarse en Egipto, para peregrinar allí, morirán á cuchillo, de hambre, y de pestilencia: no habrá de ellos quien quede vivo, ni quien escape delante del mal que traeré yo sobre ellos.
18 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: In the same way that my furious anger was poured out on the people living in Jerusalem, so will my anger be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. People will be horrified at what happens to you, and you will become a curse word, an insult, an expression of condemnation. You won't ever see your homeland again.
18 Porque así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: Como se derramó mi enojo y mi ira sobre los moradores de Jerusalem, así se derramará mi ira sobre vosotros, cuando entrareis en Egipto; y seréis por juramento y por espanto, y por maldición y por afrenta; y no veréis más este lugar.
19 “The Lord has told you, survivors from Judah, ‘Don't go to Egypt,’” Jeremiah concluded. “Be absolutely clear about this warning I'm giving you today!
19 Jehová habló sobre vosotros, oh reliquias de Judá: No entréis en Egipto: sabed por cierto que os aviso hoy.
20 You've made a big mistake that will cost you your lives by sending me to the Lord your God, asking, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us, and let us know everything the Lord our God says and we'll do it.’
20 ¿Por qué hicisteis errar vuestras almas? porque vosotros me enviasteis á Jehová vuestro Dios, diciendo: Ora por nosotros á Jehová nuestro Dios; y conforme á todas las cosas que Jehová nuestro Dios dijere, háznoslo saber así, y lo pondremos por obra.
21 I have told you today what he said, but you have not obeyed everything the Lord your God sent me to tell you.
21 Y os lo he denunciado hoy, y no habéis obedecido á la voz de Jehová vuestro Dios, ni á todas las cosas por las cuales me envió á vosotros.
22 So you should know that without question you're going to die by war and famine and disease in Egypt where you want to go and live.”
22 Ahora pues sabed de cierto que á cuchillo, y de hambre y pestilencia, moriréis en el lugar donde deseasteis entrar para peregrinar allí.
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Hoshaiah
Named as the father of Azariah (and, in Jeremiah 42:1, of Jezaniah).
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2
Jezaniah
Son of Hoshaiah who, with the commanders and Johanan son of Kareah, approached Jeremiah to ask for the LORD's guidance.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 42:1
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 41:11; Jeremiah 40:13; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 42:8; Jeremiah 40:8
- 2 Jeremiah 36:7; Leviticus 26:22; Isaiah 37:4; Acts 8:24; 1 Samuel 7:8
- 3 Psalm 86:11; Proverbs 3:6; Jeremiah 6:16; Ezra 8:21; Micah 4:2
- 4 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 3:17–18; Exodus 8:29; Psalm 40:10; Jeremiah 23:28
- 5 Genesis 31:50; Judges 11:10; Malachi 2:14; Malachi 3:5; Revelation 1:5
- 6 Jeremiah 7:23; Deuteronomy 5:29; Romans 8:7; Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 6:2–3
- 7 Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 28:16; Habakkuk 2:3
- 8 Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2–5; Jeremiah 41:11–16; Jeremiah 40:13; Jeremiah 40:8
- 9 2 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:6; Jeremiah 42:2; 2 Kings 19:20–37; 2 Kings 22:15–20
- 10 Ezekiel 36:36; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 24:6; Joel 2:13; Jeremiah 33:7
- 11 Romans 8:31; Jeremiah 1:8; Isaiah 43:2; Jeremiah 1:19; Isaiah 43:5
- 12 Psalm 106:45–46; Proverbs 16:7; Nehemiah 1:11
- 13 Jeremiah 44:16; Exodus 5:2; Jeremiah 42:10
- 14 Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 41:17; Jeremiah 4:21; Exodus 16:3; Numbers 11:4–5
- 15 Jeremiah 44:12–14; Deuteronomy 17:16; Jeremiah 42:17; Daniel 11:17; Luke 9:51
- 16 Jeremiah 44:27; Ezekiel 11:8; Amos 9:1–4; John 11:48; Jeremiah 44:11–13
- 17 Jeremiah 42:22; Jeremiah 44:13–14; Jeremiah 44:28; Jeremiah 24:10
- 18 Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 39:1–9; Jeremiah 29:18; Deuteronomy 29:21–22
- 19 Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 30:1–7; Ezekiel 17:15; Isaiah 31:1–3; Nehemiah 9:29–30
- 20 James 1:22; Matthew 22:35; Psalm 18:44; Matthew 22:15–18; Galatians 6:7
- 21 Ezekiel 2:7; Zechariah 7:11–12; Acts 20:26–27; Jeremiah 7:24–27; Ezekiel 3:17
- 22 Jeremiah 42:17; Ezekiel 6:11; Hosea 9:6; Jeremiah 43:11; Ezekiel 5:3–4
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