Jeremiah 42:6
Whether it be good or euill, we will obey the voyce of the Lord God, to whom we sende thee that it may be well with vs, when wee obey the voyce of the Lord our God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7And so after ten dayes came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiah.
Cross References
Exodus 24:7After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.
Deuteronomy 5:33But walke in all the wayes which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may liue, and that it may goe well with you: and that ye may prolong your dayes in the land which ye shall possesse.
Joshua 24:24And ye people saide vnto Ioshua, The Lord our God wil we serue, and his voyce wil we obey.
Psalms 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.
Romans 7:7What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.
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 →