Jeremiah 42:19 - Prayer Tents

Jeremiah 42

The People Seek Jeremiah’s Counsel

42Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jazaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approachedH8269H2428H3110H1121H7143H3153H1121H1955H5971H6996H1419H50662Jeremiah the prophet and said, "May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on our behalf, on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many, as you can see with your own eyes),H559H3414H5030H8467H5307H6440H6419H3068H430H7611H7604H4592H7235H5869H72003that the LORD your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do."H3068H430H5046H1870H3212H1697H62134So Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard. I will now pray to the LORD your God according to your words, and every word that the LORD answers you I will tell you; I won't withhold a word from you."H3414H5030H559H8085H6419H3068H430H1697H1697H3068H6030H5046H4513H1697H45135And they said to Jeremiah, "As for every word the LORD your God sends you to [tell] us, if we don't act accordingly, may the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us.H559H3414H3068H571H539H5707H6213H1697H3068H430H79716Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you so that it may go well with us. We will certainly obey the voice of the LORD our God!"H2896H7451H8085H6963H3068H430H580H7971H3190H8085H6963H3068H430

Jeremiah’s Advice to Stay

7Now at the end of 10 days, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,H7093H6235H3117H1697H3068H34148and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.H7121H3110H1121H7143H8269H2428H5971H6996H14199He said to them, "This is what the LORD says, the God of Israel to whom you sent me to bring your petition before Him:H559H559H3068H430H3478H7971H5307H8467H644010'If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.H7725H3427H776H1129H2040H5193H5428H5162H7451H621311Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear; don't be afraid of him'— [this is] the LORD's declaration— 'because I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.H3372H6440H4428H894H6440H3373H3372H5002H3068H3467H5337H302712I will grant you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.H5414H7356H7355H7725H12713But if you say: We will not stay in this land, so as not to obey the voice of the LORD your God,H559H3427H776H8085H6963H3068H43014and if you say: No, instead we'll go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram's horn or hunger for food, and we'll live there,H559H935H776H4714H7200H4421H8085H6963H7782H7456H3899H342715then hear the word of the LORD, remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt and live there for a while,H8085H1697H3068H7611H3063H559H3068H6635H430H3478H7760H7760H6440H935H4714H935H148116then the sword you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels there to Egypt, and you will die there.H2719H3373H5381H776H4714H7458H1672H1692H310H4714H419117All who resolve to go to Egypt to live there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or escapee from the disaster I will bring on them.'H582H7760H6440H935H4714H1481H4191H2719H7458H1698H8300H6412H6440H7451H93518"For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Just as My anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem's residents, so will My fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of execration, scorn, cursing, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.'H559H3068H6635H430H3478H639H2534H5413H3427H3389H2534H5413H935H4714H423H8047H7045H2781H7200H472519The LORD has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: 'Don't go to Egypt.' Know for certain that I have warned you today!H3068H1696H7611H3063H935H4714H3045H3045H5749H311720You have led your own selves astray because you are the ones who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us, and we'll act accordingly.'H8582H5315H7971H3068H430H559H6419H3068H430H3068H430H559H5046H621321For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in everything He has sent me to [tell] you.H3117H5046H8085H6963H3068H430H797122Now therefore, know for certain that by the sword, famine, and plague you will die in the place where you desired to go to live for a while."H3045H3045H4191H2719H7458H1698H4725H2654H935H1481