Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 42

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Jeremiah 42 . 1 , Johanan desires Jeremiah to enquire of God , promising obedience to his will; Jeremiah 42 . 7 , Jeremiah assures him of safety in Judea; Jeremiah 42 . 13 , and destruction in Egypt; Jeremiah 42 . 19 , He reproves their hypocrisy , in enquiring of the Lord that which they mean not to follow.

Jeremiah 42:1

Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

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Jeremiah 42:2

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

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Heb. fall before thee

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Jeremiah 42:3

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

Jeremiah 42:3 · BSB

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Jeremiah 42:4

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

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Jeremiah The princes seem to have wholly neglected Jeremiah , till on this occasion they wanted his sanction to their purpose of going to Egypt. In order to induce him to favour them , they applied to him with one consent , in the most respectful and plausible manner . they used language to prepossess him with a favourable opinion of them , and to move his compassion; and , in words expressing great humility , they entreated his prayers in their behalf , and that he would enquire of the Lord what he would have them to do. The prophet readily acquiesced; and doubted not but that he should receive an answer from God , which he would unreservedly declare to them; and they called the Lord to witness that they would implicitly follow his directions.

Jeremiah 42:5

Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

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Jeremiah 42:6

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

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Jeremiah 42:7

After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,

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At this time he was waiting for a revelation from God in answer to the enquiries of the people; who probably thus delayed to make known his will , in order to shew them that Jeremiah did not speak of his own mind , but when and as he was directed. The delay was also suited to give time for consideration , and to retard their rash project; and , as it would render them impatient , it tended to detect their hypocrisy , and to shew more clearly their determined rebellion against God

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Jeremiah 42:8

and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

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Jeremiah 42:9

Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

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Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

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Jeremiah 42:11

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

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Jeremiah 42:12

And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

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Jeremiah 42:13

But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

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Jeremiah 42:14

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

Jeremiah 42:14 · BSB

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Jeremiah 42:15

then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

Jeremiah 42:15 · BSB

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If ye are determined to go into Egypt , the evils which ye dreaded by staying in your own land shall overtake and destroy you there; "and there shall ye die." God turned the policy of the wicked to their own destruction; for while they thought themselves safe in Egypt , there Nebuchadnezzar destroyed both them and the Egyptians

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Jeremiah 42:16

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

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follow close Heb. cleave

Jeremiah 42:17

So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

Jeremiah 42:17 · BSB

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it be with all the men Heb. all the men be

Jeremiah 42:18

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

Jeremiah 42:18 · BSB

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The people had witnessed the tremendous effects of the wrath of God , in the siege and destruction of Jerusalem; and had they not been past feeling , this denunciation must have made their ears tingle , and appalled their very souls

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Jeremiah 42:19

The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

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God knew , that such was their miserable propensity to idolatry , that they would adopt the idolatrous worship of Egypt. Add to which , their going thither for protection was in effect refusing to submit to the king of Babylon , to whom God had decreed the rule of Judah and the neighbouring kingdoms

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Heb. testified against you

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Jeremiah 42:20

For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 42:20 · BSB

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God made known to the prophet their dissimulation; which he shunned not to declare to them

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Heb. have used deceit against your souls

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Jeremiah 42:21

For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

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Jeremiah 42:22

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

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to go and to sojourn or , to go to sojourn

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