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Jeremiah 42:1
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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, |
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| Jeremiah 42:2 |
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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:) |
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| Jeremiah 42:3 |
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That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein
we may walk, and the thing that we may do. |
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| Jeremiah 42:4 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:5 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:6 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:7 |
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And it came to pass after ten days, that the
word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. |
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| Jeremiah 42:8 |
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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, |
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| Jeremiah 42:9 |
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And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the
God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; |
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| Jeremiah 42:10 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:11 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:12 |
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And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may
have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. |
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| Jeremiah 42:13 |
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But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land,
neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, |
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| Jeremiah 42:14 |
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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: |
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| Jeremiah 42:15 |
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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; |
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| Jeremiah 42:16 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:17 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:18 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:19 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:20 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:21 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 42:22 |
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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. |
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