ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 42
1. Then all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428], and Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and Jezaniah[H3153] the son[H1121] of Hoshaiah[H1955], and all the people[H5971] from the least[H6996] even unto the greatest[H1419], came near[H5066],
2. and said[H559] unto Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], Let[H8467], we pray thee, our supplication be presented[H5307] before[H6440] thee[H6419], and pray for us unto Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], even for all this remnant[H7611]; for we are left[H7604] but a few[H4592] of many[H7235], as thine eyes[H5869] do behold us[H7200]:
3. that Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] may show[H5046] us the way[H1870] wherein we should walk[H3212], and the thing[H1697] that we should do[H6213].
4. Then Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] said[H559] unto them[H8085], I have heard you[H6419]; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] according to your words[H1697]; and it shall come to pass that whatsoever thing[H1697] Jehovah[H3068] shall answer[H6030] you[H5046], I will declare it unto you[H4513]; I will keep nothing[H1697] back from you[H4513].
5. Then they said[H559] to Jeremiah[H3414], Jehovah[H3068] be a true[H571] and faithful[H539] witness[H5707] amongst us[H6213], if we do not according to all the word[H1697] wherewith Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] shall send thee to us[H7971].
6. Whether it be good[H2896], or whether it be evil[H7451], we will obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430], to whom we[H580] send[H7971] thee[H3190]; that it may be well with us[H8085], when we obey the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430].
7. And it came to pass after[H7093] ten[H6235] days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto Jeremiah[H3414].
8. Then called[H7121] he Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were with him[H5971], and all the people from the least[H6996] even to the greatest[H1419],
9. and said[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], unto whom ye sent[H7971] me to present[H5307] your supplication[H8467] before him[H6440]:
10. If ye will still[H7725] abide[H3427] in this land[H776], then will I build[H1129] you[H2040], and not pull you down, and I will plant[H5193] you[H5428], and not pluck you up; for I repent[H5162] me of the evil[H7451] that I have done unto you[H6213].
11. Be not afraid[H3372] of[H6440] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], of whom[H6440] ye are afraid[H3373]; be not afraid[H3372] of him[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]: for I am with you to save[H3467] you[H5337], and to deliver you from his hand[H3027].
12. And I will grant[H5414] you mercy[H7356], that he may have mercy[H7355] upon you[H7725], and cause you to return to your own land[H127].
13. But if ye say[H559], We will not dwell[H3427] in this land[H776]; so that ye obey[H8085] not the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430],
14. saying[H559], No[H935]; but we will go into the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], where we shall see[H7200] no war[H4421], nor hear[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], nor have hunger[H7456] of bread[H3899]; and there will we dwell[H3427]:
15. now therefore hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], O remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063]: Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], If ye indeed[H7760] set[H7760] your faces[H6440] to enter[H935] into Egypt[H4714], and go[H935] to sojourn there[H1481];
16. then it shall come to pass[H2719], that the sword, which ye fear[H3373], shall overtake[H5381] you there in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]; and the famine[H7458], whereof ye are afraid[H1672], shall follow hard[H1692] after[H310] you there in Egypt[H4714]; and there ye shall die[H4191].
17. So shall it be with all the men[H582] that set[H7760] their faces[H6440] to go[H935] into Egypt[H4714] to sojourn[H1481] there[H4191]: they shall die by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698]; and none of them shall remain[H8300] or escape[H6412] from[H6440] the evil[H7451] that I will bring upon them[H935].
18. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: As mine anger[H639] and my wrath[H2534] hath been poured forth[H5413] upon the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], so shall my wrath[H2534] be poured forth[H5413] upon you[H935], when ye shall enter into Egypt[H4714]; and ye shall be an execration[H423], and an astonishment[H8047], and a curse[H7045], and a reproach[H2781]; and ye shall see[H7200] this place no more[H4725].
19. Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] concerning you[H7611], O remnant of Judah[H3063], Go[H935] ye not into Egypt[H4714]: know[H3045] certainly[H3045] that I have testified[H5749] unto you this day[H3117].
20. For ye have dealt deceitfully[H8582] against your own souls[H5315]; for ye sent[H7971] me unto Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430], saying[H559], Pray[H6419] for us unto Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430]; and according unto all that Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] shall say[H559], so declare[H5046] unto us[H6213], and we will do it:
21. and I have this day[H3117] declared[H5046] it to you[H8085]; but ye have not obeyed the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] in anything for which he hath sent me unto you[H7971].
22. Now therefore know[H3045] certainly[H3045] that ye shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698], in the place[H4725] whither ye desire[H2654] to go[H935] to sojourn there[H1481].
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