Jeremiah 42:19

19 Yahweh has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, 'You must not go [to] Egypt.' You must certainly know that I have warned you {today}

Jeremiah 42:19 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:19

The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah
Or, "unto you" ^F23; by the mouth of the prophet; or, "against you" ^F24; that which was contrary to their inclination and will, as follows: go ye not into Egypt:
this was the express command of God: know certainly that I have admonished you this day;
not to go into Egypt: or, "have testified unto you" ^F25; the will of God concerning this matter; and therefore they could not plead ignorance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (Mkyle) "alloquitur vos", Junius & Tremellius; "ad vos", so some in Vatablus.
F24 "Contra vos", Calvin.
F25 (Mkb ytdyeh) "contestatus sum vos", Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius.

Jeremiah 42:19 In-Context

17 So all the people who {are determined} to go [to] Egypt to dwell as aliens there will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, and there will not be for them an escapee or a survivor from the disaster that I [am] bringing upon them."

18 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: "As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will pour out on you at your going [to] Egypt, and you will become a curse, and a horror, and a curse [formula], and a disgrace, and you will no longer see this place." '

19 Yahweh has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, 'You must not go [to] Egypt.' You must certainly know that I have warned you {today}

20 that {you have made a fatal mistake}, for you sent me to Yahweh your God, {saying}, 'Pray for us to Yahweh our God, and all that Yahweh our God says, so tell us and we will do [it].'

21 So I have told you {today}, and you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, or of {anything} that he sent me for you.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the day"