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Chapter 42 |
| 1 | Then all the
captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of
Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came
near, |
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And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,
even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do
behold us:) |
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| That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may
walk, and the thing that we may do. |
| 4 | Then Jeremiah the prophet said
unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God
according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the
LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back
from you. |
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| Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and
faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the
which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. |
| 6 | Whether it be
good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to
whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the
LORD our God. |
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7 | And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of
the LORD came unto Jeremiah. |
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8 | Then called he Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the
people from the least even to the greatest, |
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9 | And said unto them, Thus
saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your
supplication before him; |
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10 | If ye will still abide in this land,
then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not
pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. |
| 11 |
Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of
him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his
hand. |
| 12 |
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon
you, and cause you to return to your own land. |
| 13 | But if ye
say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your
God, |
| 14 |
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we
shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread;
and there will we dwell: |
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15 | And now therefore hear the word of the
LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If
ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
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| 16 | Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall
die. |
| 17 |
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go
into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I
will bring upon them. |
| 18 | For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter
into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. |
| 19 | The LORD
hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know
certainly that I have admonished you this day. |
| 20 | For ye
dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray
for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God
shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. |
| 21 | And now I
have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD
your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. |
| 22 | Now
therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by
the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. |
