Those Remaining in Judah Ask Jeremiah to Pray to the Lord God for Them |
Jeremiah 42:1-22 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, all the captains of the [troops;] Johanan, [Kareah's] son; Jezaniah, [Hoshaiah's] son; & all the people form the [powerless] to the [powerful] came near & said to Jeremiah, the prophet, We [beg that] you let our [request] be accepted before you & pray to the Lord your God for us, even for all [those remaining.] |
For we are [only] but a few of many [left,] as your eyes do [see] us. [So,] that the Lord your God may [declare to] us the way [in which] we may [follow] & the thing that we may do. |
Then, Jeremiah, the prophet, said to them, I have heard you. [See,] I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words. And it shall [happen,] that I will declare [to] you [whatever] the Lord shall answer you. I will keep nothing back from you. |
Then, they said to Jeremiah, The Lord [is] a True & Faithful Witness between us. If we don't even [do] according to all [the] things [that] the Lord your God shall send to us [through] you, whether it's good or [bad,] we will obey the voice of the Lord our God. |
And it [happened] after 10 days, that the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. Then, [Jeremiah] called Johanan, [Kareah's] son; all the captains of the [troops] with him; & all the people from the [powerless] to the [powerful.] |
And [Jeremiah] said to them, the Lord, the God of Israel, to Whom you sent me to present your [request] before Him, says [this;] If you will still [stay] in this land, then I will build you [up] & not [tear] you down. And I will plant you & not pluck you up. For I [will withdraw from] the evil that I have done to you. |
[Jeremiah 18:7-8 At what instant I should speak [about] a nation & a kingdom, to pluck [it] up & to [tear] it down & destroy it, if that nation, against whom I have announced [this,] turns from their evil, I will [withdraw from] the evil that I have thought to do to them.] |
[Don't] be afraid of [Babylon's] king, of whom you are afraid. The Lord says, [Don't] be afraid of him, for I Am with you to save & deliver you from his hand. And I will [show] mercies to you, [so] that he may have mercy upon you & [have] you return to your own land. |
But if you say, We won't dwell in this land & neither obey the voice of the Lord your God, [by] saying, No, we will go into the land of Egypt & we will dwell there, where we shall see nor war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger for [food.] |
Therefore, now hear the Word of the Lord, you [remaining] of Judah, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] If you [totally focus] your faces on [entering] into Egypt & to go to [stay] there; then it shall [happen,] that the sword, [that] you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt. |
And the famine, [of which] you were afraid, shall follow close after you, there in Egypt & you shall die there. So, it shall be with all the men, [who focus] their faces to go into Egypt to [stay] there. They shall die by the sword, famine & by pestilence. |
And none of them shall remain or escape from the [disaster] that I will bring upon them. For the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] As [My] anger & My fury has been poured [out] upon the [residents] of Jerusalem, so shall My fury be poured [out] upon you. |
When you shall enter Egypt, you shall be [detestable,] an astonishment, a curse & a [disgrace] & you shall no [longer] see this place. The Lord has said [about] you, O you [remaining] of Judah; [Don't] you go into Egypt. Know [for certain] that I have [warned] you this day. |
For you [pretended within] your hearts, when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God & declare [it] to us & we will do, according to all that the Lord our God shall say. |
And now I have declared it this day to you; but you haven't obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor anything which He has sent me to [tell] you. Therefore, now know [for certain] that you shall die by the sword, famine & pestilence, in the place [where] you desire to go & to [stay.] |