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Jeremiah 42:7-17

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7 Now at the 1end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.
8 Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, and for all the people both small and great,
9 and said to them, "Thus 2says the LORD the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:
10 'If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will 3build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will 4relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.
11 '5Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,' declares the LORD, 'for 6I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand.
12 'I will also show you compassion, so that 7he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil.
13 'But if you are going to say, "We will 8not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of the LORD your God,
14 saying, "No, but we will 9go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or 10hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there ";
15 then in that case listen to the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "If you really set your mind to enter 11Egypt and go in to reside there,
16 then the 12sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.
17 "So all the men who set their mind to go to Egypt to reside there will die by the 13sword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will 14have no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.""'
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Jeremiah 42:7-17 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 14

  • 1. Psalms 27:14; Isaiah 30:18
  • 2. 2 Kin 19:4, 6, 20; 2 Kings 22:15
  • 3. Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 33:7; Ezekiel 36:36
  • 4. Jeremiah 18:7, 8; Hosea 11:8; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:10; Jonah 4:2
  • 5. Jeremiah 1:8; Jeremiah 27:12, 17; Jeremiah 41:18
  • 6. Numbers 14:9; 2 Chronicles 32:7, 8; Psalms 46:7, 11; Psalms 118:6; Isaiah 8:9, 10; Isaiah 43:2, 5; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20; Romans 8:31
  • 7. Nehemiah 1:11; Psalms 106:46; Proverbs 16:7
  • 8. Exodus 5:2; Jeremiah 44:16
  • 9. Isaiah 31:1; Jeremiah 41:17
  • 10. Exodus 16:3; Numbers 11:4; Jeremiah 4:19, 21
  • 11. Deuteronomy 17:16; Jeremiah 42:17; Jeremiah 44:12-14
  • 12. Jeremiah 44:13, 27; Ezekiel 11:8; Amos 9:1-4
  • 13. Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 42:22; Jeremiah 44:13
  • 14. Jeremiah 44:14, 28

Footnotes 5

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