Jeremiah 42:21

21 So I have 1told you today, but you have 2not obeyed * the LORD your God, even in whatever * He has sent me to tell you.

Jeremiah 42:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 42:21

And [now] I have this day declared [it] unto you
The whole will of God, and had not kept back anything from them: but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God;
or, "ye will not obey" F3; the prophet knew they would not obey the command of the Lord not to go into Egypt, either by his conversation with them during the ten days the answer of the Lord was deferred, by which he plainly saw they were determined to go into Egypt; or by their countenances and behaviour, while he was delivering the Lord's message to them; by what he observed in them, he knew what was said was not agreeable to them, and that their mind was to go into Egypt: or he had this, as others think, by divine revelation; though without that he knew the cast of this people, and what a rebellious and disobedient people they were, and had been, never obeying the voice of the Lord: nor any [thing] for which he hath sent me unto you:
not anyone particular thing respecting this present affair; nor indeed any of his prophecies had they regarded, with which he had been sent to them before.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mtemv alw) "et tamen non vultis parere", Vatablus.

Jeremiah 42:21 In-Context

19 The LORD has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, "Do not go into Egypt!" You should clearly understand that today I have testified against you.
20 For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, "Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us so, and we will do it."
21 So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the LORD your God, even in whatever He has sent me to tell you.
22 Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence, in the place where you wish to go to reside.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 11:26; Jeremiah 43:1; Ezekiel 2:7; Zechariah 7:11; Acts 20:26, 27
  • 2. Jeremiah 43:4

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "listened to the voice of"
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