Jer 42 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 6 went forward 1 all 2 the 3 leaders 4 of the 5 force], and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from small and unto great.

Jeremiah 42

CHAPTER 42 Jeremiah's Message to Johanan

1 And [⁶went forward ¹all ²the ³leaders ⁴of the ⁵force], and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from small and unto great. 2 And they said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let there fall now our need for mercy in front of you! And pray to the lord your God concerning the rest of these! for we are left few from many, as your eyes see. 3 And let [³announce ⁴to us ¹the lord ²your God]! the way in which we shall go by it, and the word which we shall do. 4 And [⁴said ⁵to them ¹Jeremiah ²the ³prophet], I heard, behold, I will pray to the lord our God according to your words. And it will be the word which [²shall answer ¹the lord], I will announce to you; in no way shall I hide from you a word. 5 And they said to Jeremiah, Let the lord be to us for a [⁴witness ¹just ²and ³trustworthy]! if we do not according to every word which ever [³should send ⁴you ¹the lord ²your God] to us -- thus we will do. 6 And whether if good or if bad be the voice of the lord our God, of whom we send you to him, we shall hearken; that [²better ³to us ¹it should be] -- for we shall hearken to the voice of the lord our God. 7 And it came to pass after ten days, [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to Jeremiah. 8 And he called Johanan son of Kareah, and the leaders of the force, and all the people, from small and unto great.

Jeremiah Reassures the Remnant

9 And he said to them, Thus said the lord, the God of Israel, of whom you sent me to him that [²should fall ¹your supplication] before him. 10 If staying you should stay in this land, then I will build you, and in no way shall I demolish; and I will plant you, and in no way pluck. For I have caused rest over the hurts which I did to you. 11 You should not be fearful from the face of the king of Babylon, of whom you fear from his face. You should not be fearful, says the lord. For [²with ³you ¹I am], to rescue you, and to deliver you from out of his hand. 12 And I will grant to you an act of kindness, and I will show mercy on you, and I will return you unto your land. 13 And if you say to yourselves, In no way should we stay in this land, to not hearken to the voice of the lord your God, 14 saying, Far be it, for [²into ³the land ⁴of Egypt ¹we shall enter], and in no way should we know war, and [³the sound ⁴of a trumpet ¹in no way ²should we hear], and [³in ⁴bread loaves ¹in no way ²should we hunger], and we shall live there. 15 On account of this, hear the word of the lord, O remnant of Judah! Thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, If you should put your face unto Egypt, and should enter in there to dwell; 16 then it shall be the broadsword which you shall fear from its face -- it shall find you in Egypt; and the famine of which you [²a reckoning ¹have] from in front of it, it shall overtake you in Egypt, and there you shall die. 17 And it will be all the men, the ones putting their face to enter into the land of Egypt to dwell there, they shall fail by the broadsword, and by the famine, and pestilence. And there will not be for them any one delivering from the evils which I bring upon them. 18 For thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, As [²dripped ¹my rage] upon the ones inhabiting Jerusalem, so shall [²drip ¹my rage] upon you, on your entering into Egypt. And you shall be for an untrodden land, and under one's hands, and for a curse, and for scorning; and in no way shall you behold any longer this place, 19 which the lord spoke against you, the ones remaining of Judah. You should not enter into Egypt. And now, in knowing, you shall know that I witnessed to you today, 20 that you did wickedly in your souls, sending me to the lord your God, saying, Pray concerning us! to the lord, and according to all what ever [³should say ⁴to you ¹the lord ²our God], thus you tell us and we will act. 21 And I announced to you, and you hearkened not to the voice of the lord your God, according to all which he sent to you. 22 And now by the broadsword, and by famine, and by pestilence you shall end in the place in which you wanted to enter to dwell there.