Jeremiah 42:4
And Jeremiah the prophet said to them: “I have heard; behold, I will pray to Jehovah your God, according to your words, and all which Jehovah shall answer you I will declare to you; I will keep back nothing from you.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3that Jehovah, thy God, may show us the way wherein we shall walk, and the thing which we shall do.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who hath a dream, let him tell a dream; And he that hath my word, let him speak my word truly! What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.
Acts 20:20how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but have made it known to you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house;
Romans 10:1Brethren, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God for them is, that they may be saved.
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 →