Jeremiah 40:3

Cry to me, and I will answer thee, and I will declare to thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

In Context

2Thus saith the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;

4For thus saith the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Judah, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:25And men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, the things which he appointed to their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 22:8And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?

Jeremiah 50:7And they came into Egypt: for they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord: and they entered into Tahpanhes.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 40:2-7

The Preservation of Jeremiah; Jeremiah's Adherence to Gedaliah. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and… Read the whole commentary →

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