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Jeremia 42:5

Listen to Jeremia 42:5
5 Und sie sprachen zu Jeremia: Jehova sei wider uns ein wahrhaftiger und zuverlässiger Zeuge, wenn wir nicht nach jedem Worte, womit Jehova, dein Gott, dich zu uns senden wird, also tun werden.

Jeremia 42:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:5

Then they said to Jeremiah, the Lord be a true and faithful
witness between us
Which is the form of an oath; a solemn appeal to God, as a witness to what they were about to say, and to the sincerity of their hearts in it; who is true to his word, and faithful to his promises and threatenings; and who bears a true and faithful testimony, and will do what is just and right; and yet these people never intended to perform what they promised; which is a most shocking piece of atheism in a professing people; and who, at this very time, could not but observe the judgments of God upon their nation, city, and temple: if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy
God shall send thee to us;
they promise to do everything the Lord should signify by the prophet as his will; and, if they did not, wish the severest judgments of God might fall upon them.

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Jeremia 42:5 In-Context

3 damit Jehova, dein Gott, uns den Weg kundtue, auf welchem wir gehen, und die Sache, die wir tun sollen.
4 Und der Prophet Jeremia sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe es gehört; siehe, ich will zu Jehova, eurem Gott, beten nach euren Worten; und es soll geschehen, jedes Wort, das Jehova euch antworten wird, werde ich euch kundtun, ich werde euch kein Wort vorenthalten.
5 Und sie sprachen zu Jeremia: Jehova sei wider uns ein wahrhaftiger und zuverlässiger Zeuge, wenn wir nicht nach jedem Worte, womit Jehova, dein Gott, dich zu uns senden wird, also tun werden.
6 Es sei Gutes oder Böses, wir wollen hören auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, an den wir dich senden; damit es uns wohlgehe, wenn wir auf die Stimme Jehovas, unseres Gottes, hören.
7 Und es geschah am Ende von zehn Tagen, da geschah das Wort Jehovas zu Jeremia.
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