New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 42:2-10

2and saidH559 to JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030, “PleaseH4994 let our 1petitionH8467 2comeH5307 beforeH6440 you, and 3prayH6419 for us to the LordH3068 your GodH430, that is for allH3605 thisH2088 remnantH7611; becauseH3588 we are leftH7604 but a 4fewH4592 out of manyH7235, as your own eyesH5869 now seeH7200 us, 3that the LordH3068 your GodH430 may tellH5046 us the 5wayH1870 in whichH834 we should walkH1980 and the thingH1697 that we should doH6213.” 4Then JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 saidH559 to them, “I have heardH8085 you. BeholdH2009, I am going to 6prayH6419 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 in accordance with your wordsH1697; and I will tellH5046 you the wholeH3605 7messageH1697 whichH834 the 8LordH3068 will answerH6030 you. I will 9not keepH4513 backH4513 a wordH1697 from you.” 5Then they saidH559 to JeremiahH3414, “May the 10LordH3068 be a trueH571 and faithfulH539 witnessH5707 against us ifH518 we do not actH6213 in accordance with the wholeH3605 11messageH1697 with whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will sendH7971 you to us. 6WhetherH518 it is 12pleasantH2896 orH518 13unpleasantH7451, we will 14listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our GodH430 to whomH834 we are sendingH7971 you, soH4616 that it may goH3190 15wellH3190 with us whenH3588 we listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our GodH430.”

7Now at the 16endH7093 of tenH6235 daysH3117 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to JeremiahH3414. 8Then he calledH7121 for JohananH3076 the sonH1121 of KareahH7143 and allH3605 the 17commandersH8269 of the forcesH2428 that were with him, and for allH3605 the peopleH5971 bothH4480 smallH6996 and greatH1419, 9and saidH559 to them, “ThusH3541 18saysH559 the LordH3068 the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, to whomH834 you sentH7971 me to presentH5307 your petitionH8467 beforeH6440 Him: 10‘IfH518 you will indeedH7725 stayH3427 in thisH2088 landH776, then I will 19buildH1129 you up and not tearH2040 you downH2040, and I will plantH5193 you and not uprootH5428 you; for I 20will 21relentH5162 concerningH413 the calamityH7463 that I have inflictedH6213 on you.

Notes

1. Jeremiah 42:2 Jer 36:7; 37:20 ↩
2. Jeremiah 42:2 Lit fall ↩
3. Jeremiah 42:2 Ex 8:28; 1 Sam 7:8; 12:19; 1 Kin 13:6; Is 37:4; Jer 37:3; 42:20; Acts 8:24; James 5:16 ↩
4. Jeremiah 42:2 Lev 26:22; Deut 28:62; Is 1:9; Lam 1:1 ↩
5. Jeremiah 42:3 Ps 86:11; Prov 3:6; Jer 6:16; Mic 4:2 ↩
6. Jeremiah 42:4 Ex 8:29; 1 Sam 12:23 ↩
7. Jeremiah 42:4 Lit word ↩
8. Jeremiah 42:4 1 Kin 22:14; Jer 23:28 ↩
9. Jeremiah 42:4 1 Sam 3:17, 18; Ps 40:10; Acts 20:20 ↩
10. Jeremiah 42:5 Gen 31:50; Judg 11:10; Jer 43:2; Mic 1:2; Mal 2:14; 3:5 ↩
11. Jeremiah 42:5 Lit word ↩
12. Jeremiah 42:6 Lit good ↩
13. Jeremiah 42:6 Lit evil ↩
14. Jeremiah 42:6 Ex 24:7; Deut 5:27; Josh 24:24 ↩
15. Jeremiah 42:6 Deut 5:29, 33; 6:3; Jer 7:23 ↩
16. Jeremiah 42:7 Ps 27:14; Is 30:18 ↩
17. Jeremiah 42:8 Or princes ↩
18. Jeremiah 42:9 2 Kin 19:4, 6, 20; 22:15 ↩
19. Jeremiah 42:10 Jer 24:6; 31:28; 33:7; Ezek 36:36 ↩
20. Jeremiah 42:10 Or shall have changed my mind about ↩
21. Jeremiah 42:10 Jer 18:7, 8; Hos 11:8; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jon 3:10; 4:2 ↩