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Jeremiah 40 Literal Standard Version

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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Jeremiah is not in PT1904.

LSV Literal Standard Version
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
1 The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, after Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, has sent him from Ramah, in his taking him—and he a prisoner in chains—in the midst of all the expulsion of Jerusalem and of Judah, who are removed to Babylon.
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2 And the chief of the executioners takes Jeremiah and says to him, “Your God YHWH has spoken this calamity concerning this place,
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3 and YHWH brings [it] in, and does as He spoke, because you have sinned against YHWH, and have not listened to His voice, even this thing has been to you.
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4 And now, behold, I have loosed you today from the chains that [are] on your hand; if [it is] good in your eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, come, and I keep my eye on you: and if [it is] evil in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, refrain; see, all the land [is] before you, to where [it is] good, and to where [it is] right in your eyes to go—go.”
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5 And while he does not reply—“Or turn back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people, or wherever it is right in your eyes to go—go.” And the chief of the executioners gives a ration and gift to him, and sends him away,
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6 and Jeremiah comes to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwells with him in the midst of the people who are left in the land.
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7 And all the heads of the forces that [are] in the field hear, they and their men, that the king of Babylon has appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land, and that he has charged him [with] men, and women, and infants, and of the poor of the land, of those who have not been removed to Babylon;
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8 and they come to Gedaliah at Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan [the] sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maachathite, they and their men.
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9 And Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swears to them and to their men, saying, “Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans, abide in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it is well for you;
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10 and I, behold, I am dwelling in Mizpah to stand before the Chaldeans who have come to us, and you, gather wine, and summer fruit, and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”
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11 And also all the Jews who [are] in Moab, and among the sons of Ammon, and in Edom, and who [are] in all the lands, have heard that the king of Babylon has given a remnant to Judah, and that he has appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan,
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12 and all the Jews from all the places to where they have been driven, return and enter the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and they gather wine and summer fruit—to multiply abundantly.
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13 And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces that [are] in the field, have come to Gedaliah at Mizpah,
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14 and they say to him, “Do you really know that Ba‘alis king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to strike your soul?” And Gedaliah son of Ahikam has not given credence to them.
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15 And Johanan son of Kareah has spoken to Gedaliah in secret, in Mizpah, saying, “Please let me go, and I strike Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one knows; why does he strike your soul? And all Judah who are gathered to you have been scattered, and the remnant of Judah has perished.”
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16 And Gedaliah son of Ahikam says to Johanan son of Kareah, “You do not do this thing, for you are speaking falsehood concerning Ishmael.”
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People & places in this chapter

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  • Ephai

    Father of commanders

    A Netophathite whose sons came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Ishmael

    Royal family member who killed Gedaliah

    Son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family, who came with ten men and killed Gedaliah and those with him at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Jaazaniah

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Called 'son of the Maacathite', one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Johanan

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Son of Kareah, one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 41:11

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  • Jonathan

    Commander at Mizpah

    One of the sons of Kareah who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Kareah

    Father of Johanan

    Named as the father of Johanan and Jonathan.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 41:11

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  • Nethaniah

    Father of Ishmael

    Son of Elishama and father of Ishmael, who killed Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Seraiah

    Army commander who came to Gedaliah

    Son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, one of the army commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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  • Tanhumeth

    Father of Seraiah

    Named as the father of Seraiah, a commander who came to Gedaliah.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8

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Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Joshua 18:25; Ephesians 6:20; Acts 12:6–7; Jeremiah 31:15; Acts 21:13
  2. 2 Deuteronomy 29:24–28; Jeremiah 22:8–9; Lamentations 2:15–17; 2 Chronicles 7:20–22; 1 Kings 9:8–9
  3. 3 Romans 2:5; Daniel 9:11–12; Jeremiah 50:7; Deuteronomy 29:25; Romans 3:19
  4. 4 Jeremiah 39:11–12; Genesis 20:15; Genesis 13:9
  5. 5 Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 41:2; 2 Kings 8:7–9; Jeremiah 15:11; 2 Kings 22:12
  6. 6 Jeremiah 39:14; Judges 20:1; 1 Samuel 7:5–6; Judges 21:1; Joshua 15:38
  7. 7 Jeremiah 39:10; Jeremiah 39:4; 2 Kings 25:22–26; 2 Kings 25:4; Ezekiel 33:24–29
  8. 8 Jeremiah 42:1; Deuteronomy 3:14; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 23:28–29; Jeremiah 42:8
  9. 9 Jeremiah 27:11; 2 Kings 25:24; Jeremiah 38:17–20; 1 Samuel 20:16–17; Psalm 128:2
  10. 10 Jeremiah 40:12; Isaiah 16:9; Jeremiah 35:19; Jeremiah 48:32; Deuteronomy 1:38
  11. 11 Isaiah 16:4; Genesis 36:8; Numbers 25:1; Ezekiel 35:5; Jeremiah 24:9
  12. 12 Jeremiah 43:5
  13. 13 Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 40:8
  14. 14 Jeremiah 41:10; 2 Samuel 10:1–6; Jeremiah 25:21; 1 Samuel 11:1–3; Ezekiel 25:2–6
  15. 15 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 21:17; Ezekiel 33:24–29; Jeremiah 12:3–4; Jeremiah 42:2
  16. 16 Matthew 10:16–17; Jeremiah 41:2; Romans 3:8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences