Jeremiah 42:6
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of LORD our God, to whom we send thee, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of LORD our God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of LORD came to Jeremiah.
Cross References
Exodus 24:7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people. And they said, All that LORD has spoken will we do, and be obedient.
Deuteronomy 5:33Ye shall walk in all the way which LORD your God has commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Joshua 24:24And the people said to Joshua, we will serve LORD our God, and we will hearken to his voice.
Psalms 81:13O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Isaiah 3:10Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Romans 7:7What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 42:2-7
Jeremiah Agrees to Consult God. ( b. c. 588.) 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, 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:) 3 That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk,… Read the whole commentary →