Jeremiah 42:20
For ye have deceived yourselves at the cost of your lives, for, ye yourselves, sent me unto Yahweh your God, saying,—Pray thou in our behalf, unto Yahweh our God,—and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so, tell us and we will do it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Numbers 17:3and, Aaron’s name, shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi,—for, one staff, shall there be for the head of their ancestral house.
Psalms 65:3Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them.
Jeremiah 17:10I—Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 42:5They, therefore said unto Jeremiah, Yahweh be against us, as a witness true and faithful,—if according to all the word which Yahweh thy God shall send thee unto us, so we do not perform:
Ezekiel 33:31That they may come unto thee as people do come And may sit before thee as my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,— though fond with their mouths, they seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart is going.
Matthew 22:35and one from among them, a lawyer, proposed a question, putting him to the test:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 42:8-22
Jeremiah's Address to the People. ( b. c. 588.) 7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant… Read the whole commentary →