Jer 42:10-11 | JFB | STEP | 10. If ye . . . abide —namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed that all should be subject ( ). To resist was to resist God. build . . . plant —metaphor for, I will firmly establish you ( ). I repent . . . of the evil — ( ). I am satisfied with the punishment I have inflicted on you, if only you add not a new offense [GROTIUS ]. God is said to "repent," when He alters His outward ways of dealing.

Jeremiah 42:10-11

10. If ye . . . abide—namely, under the Babylonian authority, to which God hath appointed that all should be subject (Da 2:37, 38). To resist was to resist God.

build . . . plant—metaphor for, I will firmly establish you (Jer 24:6).

I repent . . . of the evil— (Jer 18:8; De 32:36). I am satisfied with the punishment I have inflicted on you, if only you add not a new offense [GROTIUS]. God is said to "repent," when He alters His outward ways of dealing.