ø     eBIBLE         ȸ             伺뵶     Ǵ    ȸҰ
  eBIBLE       ּ            
Library > Bible versions > The Message (MSG Bible) > Jeremiah > 42 >
Jeremiah  


42 : 1 Thenall the commanders of the forces, andJohanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son ofHoshaiah, and all the peoplefrom the least to the greatest, came near
42 : 2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet,Letour plea for mercy come before you, andpray to theLordyour God for us, for allthis remnant&emdash;because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us&emdash;
42 : 3 thattheLordyour God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.
42 : 4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them,I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to theLordyour God according to your request, andwhatever theLordanswers you I will tell you.I will keep nothing back from you.
42 : 5 Then they said to Jeremiah,May theLordbe a true andfaithful witness against usif we do not act according to all the wordwith which theLordyour God sends you to us.
42 : 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of theLordour God to whom we are sending you,that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of theLordour God.
42 : 7 At the end of ten days the word of theLordcame to Jeremiah.
42 : 8 Then he summonedJohanan the son of Kareah andall the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the peoplefrom the least to the greatest,
42 : 9 and said to them,Thus says theLord, the God of Israel,to whom you sent me to present your plea for mercy before him:
42 : 10 If you will remain in this land,then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up;for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.
42 : 11 Do not fear the king of Babylon,of whom you are afraid.Do not fear him, declares theLord,for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
42 : 12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land.
42 : 13 But if you say,We will not remain in this land,disobeying the voice of theLordyour God
42 : 14 and saying,No,we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war orhear the sound of the trumpet orbe hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,
42 : 15 then hear the word of theLord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says theLordof hosts, the God of Israel:If you set your faces to enter Egyptand go to live there,
42 : 16 then the swordthat you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt,and there you shall die.
42 : 17 All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall haveno remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.
42 : 18 For thus says theLordof hosts, the God of Israel:As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt.You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.
42 : 19 TheLordhas said to you, O remnant of Judah,Do not go to Egypt.Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day
42 : 20 that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives.For you sent me to theLordyour God, saying,Pray for us to theLordour God, andwhatever theLordour God says declare to us and we will do it.
42 : 21 And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of theLordyour God in anythingthat he sent me to tell you.
42 : 22 Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.