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Jeremiah 42:2-12

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2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let 1our plea for mercy come before you, and 2pray to the LORD your God for us, for all 3this remnant--4because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us--
3 that 5the LORD your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do."
4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your request, and 6whatever the LORD answers you I will tell you. 7I will keep nothing back from you."
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, 8"May the LORD be a true and 9faithful witness against us 10if we do not act according to all the word 11with which the LORD your God sends you to us.
6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, 12that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."
7 13At the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.
8 Then he summoned 14Johanan the son of Kareah and 15all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people 16from the least to the greatest,
9 and said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 17to whom you sent me to present your plea for mercy before him:
10 If you will remain in this land, 18then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; 19for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.
11 20Do not fear the king of Babylon, 21of whom you are afraid. 22Do not fear him, declares the LORD, 23for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
12 24I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land.
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Jeremiah 42:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH CAHPTER 42

This chapter contains a request of the Jews to Jeremiah, to pray to the Lord for them to direct them, and the Lord's answer to it. The request is made by the captains and all the people, Jer 42:1-3; which Jeremiah undertook to present to the Lord, Jer 42:4; they promising to go according to the direction that should be given, Jer 42:5,6. After ten days an answer is returned, and the prophet calls the captains and people together to hear it, Jer 42:7,8; the purport of which was, that if they continued in the land of Judah, it would be well with them, and they would be safe, Jer 42:9-12; but if they went into Egypt, they should die by the sword, famine, and pestilence, and be a curse and reproach, and never see their own land more, Jer 42:13-18; they are charged with dissimulation and disobedience, Jer 42:19-21; and the chapter is concluded with an assurance of their perishing by the above judgments in the place they were desirous of dwelling in, Jer 42:22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

  • 1. See Jeremiah 36:7
  • 2. ver. 20; [1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 12:19]
  • 3. [Jeremiah 40:15; Isaiah 37:4]
  • 4. [Leviticus 26:22]
  • 5. [Jeremiah 37:17; Ezra 8:21]
  • 6. 1 Samuel 3:18; [Numbers 22:18]
  • 7. 1 Samuel 3:18; [Numbers 22:18]
  • 8. [Genesis 31:50]
  • 9. [Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14]
  • 10. Judges 11:10
  • 11. ver. 21
  • 12. Jeremiah 7:23
  • 13. [Ezekiel 3:16]
  • 14. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 15. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 16. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 17. ver. 2, 3
  • 18. See Jeremiah 24:6
  • 19. Jeremiah 18:8; Genesis 6:6; [Deuteronomy 32:36]
  • 20. [Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 41:18]
  • 21. [Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 41:18]
  • 22. Jeremiah 30:10, 11; [Romans 8:31]
  • 23. Jeremiah 30:10, 11; [Romans 8:31]
  • 24. [Nehemiah 1:11]
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