Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE JEWS AND JOHANAN INQUIRE OF GOD, THROUGH JEREMIAH, AS TO GOING TO EGYPT, PROMISING OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL. THEIR SAFETY ON CONDITION OF STAYING IN JUDEA, AND THEIR DESTRUCTION IN THE EVENT OF GOING TO EGYPT, ARE FORETOLD. THEM HYPOCRISY IN ASKING FOR COUNSEL WHICH THEY MEANT NOT TO FOLLOW, IF CONTRARY TO THEIR OWN DETERMINATION, IS REPROVED. (Jer. 42:1-22)
Jeremiah—He probably was one of the number carried off from Mizpah, and dwelt with Johanan (Jeremiah 41:16). Hence the expression is, "came near" (Jeremiah 42:1), not "sent."
Let . . . supplication be accepted—literally, "fall" (see on Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 37:20).
pray for us— (Genesis 20:7; Isaiah 37:4; James 5:16).
thy God— (Jeremiah 42:5). The Jews use this form to express their belief in the peculiar relation in which Jeremiah stood to God as His accredited prophet. Jeremiah in his reply reminds them that God is their God ("your God") as well as his as being the covenant people (Jeremiah 42:4). They in turn acknowledge this in Jeremiah 42:6, "the Lord our God."
few of many—as had been foretold (Leviticus 26:22).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 42:2:
Jeremiah 15:11
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