Jeremiah 42 (NET)

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Jeremiah 42:1¹Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and all the people of every class, went to the prophet Jeremiah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 40:13 Jer 41:11 Jer 6:13 Jer 40:8 Jer 42:8 Jer 44:12 Acts 8:10 Jer 8:10 2 Kgs 25:23 Ezek 11:1

Jeremiah 42:2²They said to him, “Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 36:7 Lev 26:22 1 Sam 12:19 1 Sam 7:8 Acts 8:24 Isa 1:9 Isa 37:4 Jas 5:16 Jer 37:3 Lam 1:1

Jeremiah 42:4⁴The prophet Jeremiah answered them, “Agreed! I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 12:23 1 Sam 3:17-18 Exod 8:29 Ps 40:10 Acts 20:20 Jer 23:28 Acts 20:27 1 Kgs 22:14-16 2 Chr 18:13-15 Ezek 2:7

Jeremiah 42:5⁵They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the Lord your God sends you to tell us to do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 31:50 Judg 11:10 Mal 2:14 Mal 3:5 Mic 1:2 Rev 1:5 Rev 3:14 1 Sam 12:5 1 Sam 20:42 Deut 5:27-29

Jeremiah 42:6⁶We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 7:23 Deut 5:29 Rom 8:7 Deut 5:33 Deut 6:2-3 Exod 24:7 Isa 3:10 Josh 24:24 Ps 128:2 Ps 81:13-16

Jeremiah 42:7⁷Ten days later the Lord’ s message came to Jeremiah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 27:14 Isa 28:16 Hab 2:3

Jeremiah 42:8⁸So Jeremiah summoned Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people of every class.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 42:1 Jer 40:13 Jer 40:8 Jer 41:11-16 Jer 43:2-5

Jeremiah 42:9⁹Then Jeremiah said to them, “You sent me to the Lord God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 19:4 2 Kgs 19:6 Jer 42:2 2 Kgs 19:20-37 2 Kgs 22:15-20

Jeremiah 42:10¹⁰‘If you will only stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 36:36 Jer 24:6 Jer 31:28 Joel 2:13 Amos 7:6 Jer 33:7 Amos 7:3 Exod 32:14 Gen 26:2-3 Hos 11:8

Jeremiah 42:11¹¹Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 8:31 Isa 43:2 Jer 1:19 Jer 1:8 2 Chr 32:7-8 Isa 43:5 2 Tim 4:17 Deut 20:4 Isa 41:10 Jer 15:20

Jeremiah 42:12¹²I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 1:11 Prov 16:7 Ps 106:45-46

Jeremiah 42:13¹³“You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, ‘We will not stay in this land.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 44:16 Exod 5:2 Jer 42:10

Jeremiah 42:14¹⁴You must not say, ‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 4:19 Jer 41:17 Exod 16:3 Isa 31:1 Jer 4:21 Num 11:4-5 Deut 29:19 Exod 17:3 Isa 30:16 Jer 43:7

Jeremiah 42:15¹⁵If you people who remain in Judah do that, then listen to the Lord’ s message. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, has said, ‘If you are so determined to go to Egypt that you go and settle there,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 17:16 Jer 44:12-14 Jer 42:17 Dan 11:17 Gen 31:21 Luke 9:51

Jeremiah 42:16¹⁶the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 11:8 Jer 44:27 Amos 9:1-4 John 11:48 Deut 28:15 Deut 28:22 Deut 28:45 Jer 42:13 Jer 44:11-13 Prov 13:21

Jeremiah 42:17¹⁷All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 42:22 Jer 24:10 Jer 44:13-14 Jer 44:28

Jeremiah 42:18¹⁸For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. You will never see this place again.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 7:20 Jer 18:16 Jer 29:18 Jer 39:1-9 2 Chr 36:16-19 Deut 29:21-22 Isa 65:15 Jer 22:27 Jer 24:9 Jer 44:12

Jeremiah 42:19¹⁹“The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 17:16 Isa 30:1-7 Ezek 17:15 Isa 31:1-3 Neh 9:26 Neh 9:29-30 1 Thess 4:6 2 Chr 24:19 Acts 20:26-27 Deut 31:21

Jeremiah 42:20²⁰You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says, and we will do it.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 14:3-4 Ezek 33:31 Gal 6:7 Jas 1:22 Jer 17:10 Jer 3:10 Jer 42:2 Matt 22:15-18 Matt 22:35 Num 16:38

Jeremiah 42:21²¹This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the Lord your God by doing what he sent me to tell you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 2:7 Acts 20:26-27 Zech 7:11-12 Acts 20:20 Deut 11:26-27 Deut 29:19 Ezek 3:17 Jer 7:24-27

Jeremiah 42:22²²So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 42:17 Ezek 6:11 Hos 9:6 Jer 43:11 Ezek 5:3-4