Jeremiah 42:13

'And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land — not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

In Context

12And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.

14saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2and Pharaoh saith, 'Who [is] Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

Jeremiah 44:16'The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah — we are not hearkening unto thee;

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 →

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