Jeremiah 42
Jeremiah's Message to
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Then all the captains of the forces, and
Jo'hanan the son of Kare'ah, and Jezani'ah the son of Hoshai'ah, and
all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came
near,
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and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let,
we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray
for us unto the LORD thy God, even for
all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as
thine eyes do behold us:)
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that the LORD thy
God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we
may do.
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Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them,
I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall
come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto
you; I will keep nothing back from you.
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Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we
do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
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Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be
well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
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And it came to pass after ten days,
that the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah.
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Then called he Jo'hanan the son of
Kare'ah, and all the captains of the forces which were with
him, and all the people from the least even to the
greatest,
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and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to
present your supplication before him;
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If ye will still abide in this land, then
will I build you, and not pull you down; and I will plant
you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I
have done unto you.
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Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of
whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
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And I will show mercies unto you, that he
may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own
land.
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But if ye say, We will not dwell in this
land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your
God,
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saying, No; but we will go into the land
of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the
trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we
dwell:
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and now therefore hear the word of the
LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly
set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there;
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then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of
Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close
after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
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So shall it be with all the men that set
their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall
remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon
them.
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my
fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so
shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into
Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a
curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no
more.
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The LORD hath said
concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know
certainly that I have admonished you this day.
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For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye
sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray
for us unto the LORD our God; and according
unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so
declare unto us, and we will do it.
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And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he
hath sent me unto you.
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Now therefore know certainly that ye
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the
place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.
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