Jeremiah 42:2
And they said to Jeremias the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.
Cross References
Exodus 8:28And Pharao said: I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness: but go no farther: pray for me.
Leviticus 26:22And I will send in upon you the beasts of the held, to destroy you and your cattle, and make you few in number, and that your highways may be desolate.
Deuteronomy 28:62And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.
1 Samuel 7:8And they said to Samuel: Cease not to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 12:23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way.
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 →