Jeremiah 42:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 42:7

5 So they said to Jeremiah, ^a“Let the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the Lord your God sends us by you.

6 Whether it is pleasing or displeasing, we will ^aobey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send you, ^bthat it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

7 And it happened after ten days that the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

9 and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:

10 ‘If you will still remain in this land, then ^aI will build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I ^brelent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you.

11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not be afraid of him,’ says the Lord, ^a‘for I am with you, to save you and deliver you from his hand.

12 And ^aI will show you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.’

13 “But if ^ayou say, ‘We will not dwell in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God,

14 saying, ‘No, but we will go to the land of ^aEgypt where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor be hungry for bread, and there we will dwell’—

15 Then hear now the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah! Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you ^awholly set ^byour faces to enter Egypt, and go to dwell there,

16 then it shall be that the ^asword which you feared shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; the famine of which you were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there. They shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And ^anone of them shall remain or escape from the disaster that I will bring upon them.’

18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been ^apoured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And ^byou shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 42:7

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah.

Amplified® Bible
And after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

Contemporary English Version
Ten days later, the LORD gave me an answer for

Darby English Version
And it came to pass at the end of ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah.

Good News Bible
Ten days later the LORD spoke to me;

King James Version
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

New American Standard Bible
Now at the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

New International Version
Ten days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

New King James Version
And it happened after ten days that the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now at the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

Revised Standard Version
At the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah,

New English Translation
Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

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