Jeremiah 42

Warning against Going to Egypt

1Then allH3605 the commandersH8269 of the forcesH2428, 1JohananH3076 the sonH1121 of KareahH7143, JezaniahH3153 the sonH1121 of HoshaiahH1955, and allH3605 the peopleH5971 2from the smallH6996 to the greatH1419 approachedH5066 2and saidH559 to JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030, “PleaseH4994 let our 3pleadingH8467 4comeH5307 beforeH6440 you, and 5prayH6419 for us to the LordH3068 your GodH430 for allH3605 thisH2088 remnantH7611--sinceH3588 we have been leftH7604 only a 6fewH4592 out of manyH7235, justH3512 asH3512 your own eyesH5869 now seeH7200 us-- 3that the LordH3068 your GodH430 will tellH5046 us the 7wayH1870 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 8prayH6419 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 in accordance with your wordsH1697; and I will tellH5046 you the wholeH3605 9messageH1697 whichH834 the 10LordH3068 givesH6030 you as an answerH6030. I will 11not withholdH4513 a wordH1697 from you.” 5Then they saidH559 to JeremiahH3414, “May the 12LordH3068 be a trueH571 and faithfulH539 witnessH5707 against us ifH518 we do not actH6213 in accordance with the wholeH3605 13messageH1697 with whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will sendH7971 you to us. 6WhetherH518 it is 14pleasantH2896 orH518 15unpleasantH7451, we will 16listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our GodH430 to whomH834 we are sendingH7971 you, soH4616 thatH4616 it may goH3190 17wellH3190 for us whenH3588 we listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 our GodH430.”

7Now at the 18endH7093 of tenH6235 daysH3117 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to JeremiahH3414. 8Then he calledH7121 for JohananH3076 the sonH1121 of KareahH7143 and allH3605 the commandersH8269 of the forcesH2428 that were with him, and for allH3605 the peopleH5971 from the smallH6996 to the greatH1419, 9and saidH559 to them, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 19saysH559, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, to whomH834 you sentH7971 me to presentH5307 your pleaH8467 beforeH6440 Him: 10‘IfH518 you will indeedH3427 stayH3427 in thisH2088 landH776, then I will 20buildH1129 you upH1129 and not tearH2040 you downH2040, and I will plantH5193 you and not uprootH5428 you; for I 21will 22relentH5162 of the disasterH7463 that I have inflictedH6213 on you. 1123Do not beH3372 afraidH3372 of the kingH4428 of BabylonH894, whomH834 you are now fearingH3372; do not beH3372 afraidH3372 of him,’ declaresH5002 the LordH3068, ‘for 24I am with you to saveH3467 you and rescueH5337 you from his handH3027. 12I will also showH5414 you compassionH7356, so that 25he will haveH7355 compassionH7355 onH7355 you and restoreH7725 you to your own soilH127. 13But ifH518 you are going to sayH559, “We will 26not stayH3427 in thisH2088 landH776,” so as not to listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 your GodH430, 14sayingH559, “NoH3808, but we will 27goH935 to the landH776 of EgyptH4714, whereH834 we will not seeH7200 warH4421, or 28hearH8085 the soundH6963 of a trumpetH7782, or hungerH7456 for breadH3899, and we will stayH3427 thereH8033”; 15then 29in that caseH6258H3651 listenH8085 to the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, you remnantH7611 of JudahH3063. ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478 saysH559: “IfH518 you reallyH7760 setH7760 your 30mindsH6440 to enterH935 31EgyptH4714 and goH935 inH935 to resideH1481 thereH8033, 16then the 32swordH2719, of whichH834 you are afraidH3372, will overtakeH5381 you thereH8033 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714; and the famineH7458, about whichH834 you areH1672 anxiousH1672, will followH1692 closelyH1692 afterH310 you thereH8033 in EgyptH4714, and you will dieH4191 thereH8033. 17So allH3605 the peopleH376 whoH834 setH7760 their 33mindsH6440 to goH935 to EgyptH4714 to resideH1481 thereH8033 will dieH4191 by the 34swordH2719, by famineH7458, or by plagueH1698; and they will 35haveH1961 noH3808 refugeesH8300 or survivorsH6412 from the disasterH7463 that I am going to bringH935 on them.”’”

18For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478 saysH559: “As My 36angerH639 and wrathH2534 have gushedH5413 outH5413 on the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389, soH3651 My wrathH2534 will gushH5413 outH5413 on you when you enterH935 EgyptH4714. And you will becomeH1961 a 37curseH423, an objectH8047 ofH8047 horrorH8047, 38an imprecationH7045, and a disgraceH2781; and 39you will not seeH7200 thisH2088 placeH4725 againH5750.” 19The LordH3068 has spokenH1696 to you, you remnantH7611 of JudahH3063, “Do not 40goH935 to EgyptH4714!” You 41knowH3045 forH3045 certainH3045 that I have 42admonishedH5749 you todayH3117. 20For you have only 4344deceivedH8582 yourselvesH5315; for it is you who sentH7971 me to the LordH3068 your GodH430, sayingH559, “PrayH6419 for us to the LordH3068 our GodH430; and whateverH3605H834 the LordH3068 our GodH430 saysH559, tellH5046 us soH3651, and we will doH6213 it.” 21So I have 45toldH5046 you todayH3117, but you have 46not 47obeyedH8085H6963 the LordH3068 your GodH430 in whateverH3605H834 He has sentH7971 me to tell you. 22And nowH6258 you shall knowH3045 forH3045 certainH3045 that you will 48dieH4191 by the swordH2719, by famineH7458, or by plagueH1698 in the 49placeH4725 whereH834H8033 you desireH2654 to goH935 to resideH1481.