Jeremiah 40:4

And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which were upon yours hand. If it seem good unto you to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto you: but if it seem ill unto you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you: where it seems good and convenient for you to go, thither go.

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In The King James Version

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

In Context

3Now the LORD has brought it, and done according as he has said: because all of you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.

5Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go where ever it seems convenient unto you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you.

Esther 3:11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.

Jeremiah 39:12Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto you.

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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