Jer 42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto
the greatest, came near,
Jer 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our
supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God,
even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do
behold us:)
Jer 42:3 That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
Jer 42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I
will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to
pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto
you; I will keep nothing back from you.
Jer 42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness
between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy
God shall send thee to us.
Jer 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of
the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we
obey the voice of the Lord our God.
Jer 42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto
Jeremiah.
Jer 42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the
greatest,
Jer 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto whom
ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
Jer 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not
pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of
the evil that I have done unto you.
Jer 42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not
afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you
from his hand.
Jer 42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and
cause you to return to your own land.
Jer 42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice
of the Lord your God,
Jer 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see
no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there
will we dwell:
Jer 42:15 And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus
saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter
into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid,
shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jer 42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt
to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will
bring upon them.
Jer 42:18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and
my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my
fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be
an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall
see this place no more.
Jer 42:19 The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not
into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
Jer 42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your
God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the
Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Jer 42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the
voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto
you.
Jer 42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to
sojourn.