42:1 Then came all the leaders of the host,
and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and
small,
42:2 to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come
before thy face, and pray thou to the Lord thy God for this remnant; for we
are left few out of many, as thine eyes see.
42:3 And let the Lord thy God declare to us the way wherein we should walk,
and the thing which we should do.
42:4 And Jeremias said to them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray for
you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass,
[that] whatsoever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare [it] to
you; I will not hide anything from you.
42:5 And they said to Jeremias, Let the Lord be between us for a just and
faithful witness, if we do not according to every word which the Lord shall
send to us.
42:6 And whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will hearken to
the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well
with us, because we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.
42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, [that] the word of the Lord came to
Jeremias.
42:8 And he called Joanan, and the Leaders of the host, and all the people
from the least even to the greatest,
42:9 and he said to them, Thus saith the Lord;
42:10 If ye will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not
pull [you] down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have
ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
42:11 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 deliver you, and save
you out of their hand.
42:12 And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your
land.
42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not hearken
to the voice of the Lord;
42:14 for wee will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and
shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread;
and there we will dwell:
42:15 then hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord;
42:16 If ye set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it
shall be, [that] the sword which ye fear shall find you in the land of
Egypt, and the famine to which ye have regard, shall overtake you, [coming]
after you in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
42:17 And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward
the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the
famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring
upon them.
42:18 For thus saith the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when ye have entered into
Egypt: and ye shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a
curse and a reproach: and ye shall no more see this place.
42:19 [These are the words] which the Lord has spoken concerning you the
remnant of Juda; Enter ye not into Egypt: and now know ye for a certainty,
42:20 that ye have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when ye sent me,
saying, Pray thou for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord
shall speak to thee we will do.
42:21 And ye have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent
me to you.
42:22 Now therefore ye shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place
which ye desire to go into to dwell there. |
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,
42:2 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:)
42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
42:4 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.
42:5 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.
42:6 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.
42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah.
42:8 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,
42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom
ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
42:10 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.
42:11 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.
42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the LORD your God,
42:14 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:
42:15 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;
42:16 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.
42:17 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.
42:18 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.
42:19 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.
42:20 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.
42:21 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.
42:22 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. |