New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 40:2-6

2Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The 1Lord your God promised this calamity against this place; 3and the Lord has brought it on and done just as He promised. Because you people 2sinned against the Lord and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you. 4But now, behold, I am 3freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If 4you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will 5look after you; but if 6you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, 7never mind. Look, the 8whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.” 5As 9Jeremiah was still not going back, 10he said, “Go on back then to 11Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has 12appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a 13ration and a 14gift and let him go. 6Then Jeremiah went to 15Mizpah to 16Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 40:2 Lev 26:14-38; Deut 28:15-68; 29:24-28; 31:17; 32:19-25; Jer 22:8, 9 ↩
2. Jeremiah 40:3 Jer 50:7; Dan 9:11; Rom 2:5 ↩
3. Jeremiah 40:4 Jer 39:11, 12 ↩
4. Jeremiah 40:4 Lit it is good in your eyes ↩
5. Jeremiah 40:4 Lit set my eyes on ↩
6. Jeremiah 40:4 Lit it is evil in your eyes ↩
7. Jeremiah 40:4 Lit refrain! ↩
8. Jeremiah 40:4 Gen 13:9; 20:15; 47:6 ↩
9. Jeremiah 40:5 Lit he ↩
10. Jeremiah 40:5 I.e. Nebuzaradan ↩
11. Jeremiah 40:5 Jer 39:14 ↩
12. Jeremiah 40:5 2 Kin 25:23 ↩
13. Jeremiah 40:5 Jer 52:34 ↩
14. Jeremiah 40:5 2 Kin 8:7-9 ↩
15. Jeremiah 40:6 Judg 20:1; 21:1; 1 Sam 7:5; 2 Chr 16:6 ↩
16. Jeremiah 40:6 Jer 39:14 ↩

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