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Jeremiah · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

Jeremiah 42 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us,
2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us,
3 that the LORD your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing the LORD answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us.
6 Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.”
6 Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.”
7 After ten days, the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah.
7 After ten days, Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah.
8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
9 and said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says:
9 and said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says:
10 ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
10 ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says the LORD, ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
13 “‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey the LORD your God’s voice,
13 “‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice,
14 saying, “No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there we will dwell;”’
14 saying, “No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there we will dwell;”’
15 now therefore hear the LORD’s word, O remnant of Judah! The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there,
15 now therefore hear Yahweh’s word, O remnant of Judah! Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there,
16 then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
16 then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
17 So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
17 So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
18 For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
18 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
19 “The LORD has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today.
19 “Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today.
20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
21 I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed the LORD your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
21 I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
22 Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”
22 Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”

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  • Hoshaiah

    Father of Azariah

    Named as the father of Azariah (and, in Jeremiah 42:1, of Jezaniah).

    Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2

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  • Jezaniah

    Commander who sought Jeremiah's counsel

    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

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Cross references (22)

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

  1. 1 Jeremiah 41:11; Jeremiah 40:13; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 42:8; Jeremiah 40:8
  2. 2 Jeremiah 36:7; Leviticus 26:22; Isaiah 37:4; Acts 8:24; 1 Samuel 7:8
  3. 3 Psalm 86:11; Proverbs 3:6; Jeremiah 6:16; Ezra 8:21; Micah 4:2
  4. 4 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 3:17–18; Exodus 8:29; Psalm 40:10; Jeremiah 23:28
  5. 5 Genesis 31:50; Judges 11:10; Malachi 2:14; Malachi 3:5; Revelation 1:5
  6. 6 Jeremiah 7:23; Deuteronomy 5:29; Romans 8:7; Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 6:2–3
  7. 7 Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 28:16; Habakkuk 2:3
  8. 8 Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2–5; Jeremiah 41:11–16; Jeremiah 40:13; Jeremiah 40:8
  9. 9 2 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:6; Jeremiah 42:2; 2 Kings 19:20–37; 2 Kings 22:15–20
  10. 10 Ezekiel 36:36; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 24:6; Joel 2:13; Jeremiah 33:7
  11. 11 Romans 8:31; Jeremiah 1:8; Isaiah 43:2; Jeremiah 1:19; Isaiah 43:5
  12. 12 Psalm 106:45–46; Proverbs 16:7; Nehemiah 1:11
  13. 13 Jeremiah 44:16; Exodus 5:2; Jeremiah 42:10
  14. 14 Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 41:17; Jeremiah 4:21; Exodus 16:3; Numbers 11:4–5
  15. 15 Jeremiah 44:12–14; Deuteronomy 17:16; Jeremiah 42:17; Daniel 11:17; Luke 9:51
  16. 16 Jeremiah 44:27; Ezekiel 11:8; Amos 9:1–4; John 11:48; Jeremiah 44:11–13
  17. 17 Jeremiah 42:22; Jeremiah 44:13–14; Jeremiah 44:28; Jeremiah 24:10
  18. 18 Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 39:1–9; Jeremiah 29:18; Deuteronomy 29:21–22
  19. 19 Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 30:1–7; Ezekiel 17:15; Isaiah 31:1–3; Nehemiah 9:29–30
  20. 20 James 1:22; Matthew 22:35; Psalm 18:44; Matthew 22:15–18; Galatians 6:7
  21. 21 Ezekiel 2:7; Zechariah 7:11–12; Acts 20:26–27; Jeremiah 7:24–27; Ezekiel 3:17
  22. 22 Jeremiah 42:17; Ezekiel 6:11; Hosea 9:6; Jeremiah 43:11; Ezekiel 5:3–4

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