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Jeremiah Chapter 42

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Jeremiah

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In this chapter Jeremiah mourns the loss of his wife Biah, who is taken to the house of the king, and he weeps bitterly, fearing death. God comforts him, assuring Jeremiah that he will not be removed from his place and that he will continue to serve the Lord.

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(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,
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Jeremiah 42:8Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 40:13Jeremiah 41:11Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 43:4Jeremiah 43:5II Kings 25:23Ezekiel 8:11Ezekiel 11:1Jeremiah 5:4Jeremiah 5:5

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Jeremiah 42:8Deuteronomy 1:15Jeremiah 40:13Jeremiah 41:11Jeremiah 41:13Jeremiah 41:16

(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:)
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Jeremiah 36:7Jeremiah 37:20Jeremiah 17:15Jeremiah 17:16Jeremiah 21:2Jeremiah 37:3Exodus 8:28Exodus 9:28I Samuel 7:8I Samuel 12:19I Samuel 12:23I Kings 13:6

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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 28:5Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 45:1

(3) That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
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Jeremiah 6:16Deuteronomy 5:26Deuteronomy 5:29I Kings 8:36Ezra 8:21Psalms 25:4Psalms 25:5Psalms 27:11Psalms 86:11Psalms 143:8Psalms 143:9Psalms 143:10

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Exodus 18:20

(4) Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
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Exodus 8:29I Samuel 12:23Romans 10:1Jeremiah 23:28I Kings 22:14I Kings 22:15I Kings 22:16II Chronicles 18:13II Chronicles 18:14II Chronicles 18:15Ezekiel 2:7I Samuel 3:17

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Philippians 4:8Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 38:14Leviticus 11:42I Kings 13:29Jeremiah 28:5

(5) Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
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Jeremiah 5:2Genesis 31:50Exodus 20:7Judges 11:10I Samuel 12:5I Samuel 20:42Micah 1:2Malachi 2:14Malachi 3:5Romans 1:9Revelation 1:5Revelation 3:14

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I Samuel 12:5Proverbs 14:5Proverbs 14:25John 5:31John 5:32I John 5:9

(6) Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
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Romans 7:7Romans 7:13Romans 8:7Jeremiah 7:23Deuteronomy 5:29Deuteronomy 5:33Deuteronomy 6:2Deuteronomy 6:3Psalms 81:13Psalms 81:14Psalms 81:15Psalms 81:16

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Romans 6:16Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8Genesis 37:14II Kings 4:26Leviticus 13:48

(7) And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
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Psalms 27:14Isaiah 28:16Habakkuk 2:3

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Jeremiah 38:6

(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,
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Jeremiah 42:1Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 40:13Jeremiah 41:11Jeremiah 41:12Jeremiah 41:13Jeremiah 41:14Jeremiah 41:15Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 43:2Jeremiah 43:3Jeremiah 43:4

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Jeremiah 42:1Deuteronomy 1:15Jeremiah 40:13Jeremiah 41:11Jeremiah 41:13Jeremiah 41:16

(9) And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
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Jeremiah 42:2II Kings 19:4II Kings 19:6II Kings 19:20II Kings 19:21II Kings 19:22II Kings 19:23II Kings 19:24II Kings 19:25II Kings 19:26II Kings 19:27II Kings 19:28

(10) If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
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Genesis 26:2Genesis 26:3Psalms 37:3Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 31:28Jeremiah 33:7Psalms 69:35Psalms 102:16Ezekiel 36:36Acts 15:16Jeremiah 18:7Jeremiah 18:8

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Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 1:10Jeremiah 31:28John 15:4

(11) Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
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Jeremiah 27:12Jeremiah 27:17Jeremiah 41:18II Kings 25:26Matthew 10:28Jeremiah 1:19Jeremiah 15:20Deuteronomy 20:4Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:9II Chronicles 32:7II Chronicles 32:8

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Ezekiel 2:6Joshua 11:6Jeremiah 1:8Jeremiah 30:10Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 39:17

(12) And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
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Nehemiah 1:11Psalms 106:45Psalms 106:46Proverbs 16:7

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Song of Solomon 6:13Exodus 33:19Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(13) But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
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Jeremiah 42:10Jeremiah 44:16Exodus 5:2

(14) Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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Jeremiah 41:17Jeremiah 43:7Deuteronomy 29:19Isaiah 30:16Isaiah 31:1Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 4:21Exodus 16:3Exodus 17:3Numbers 11:5Numbers 16:13

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Leviticus 25:9Jeremiah 4:19

(15) And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
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Jeremiah 42:17Jeremiah 44:12Jeremiah 44:13Jeremiah 44:14Genesis 31:21Deuteronomy 17:16Daniel 11:17Luke 9:51

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Jeremiah 44:12Zechariah 1:3Zechariah 8:6

(16) Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
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Jeremiah 42:13Jeremiah 44:13Jeremiah 44:27Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:22Deuteronomy 28:45Proverbs 13:21Ezekiel 11:8Amos 9:1Amos 9:2Amos 9:3Amos 9:4

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Jeremiah 11:22Jeremiah 44:12Ezekiel 6:12Ezekiel 7:15

(17) So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
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Jeremiah 42:22Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 44:14Jeremiah 44:28

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Jeremiah 44:12Ezekiel 7:15II Kings 7:4Jeremiah 42:22Ezekiel 6:12Jeremiah 44:14

(18) For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
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Jeremiah 6:11Jeremiah 7:20Jeremiah 39:1Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 39:3Jeremiah 39:4Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 39:7Jeremiah 39:8Jeremiah 39:9Jeremiah 52:4

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Isaiah 42:25Jeremiah 7:20Jeremiah 44:6Lamentations 4:11Ezekiel 5:13Ezekiel 5:15

(19) The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
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Deuteronomy 17:16Isaiah 30:1Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 30:3Isaiah 30:4Isaiah 30:5Isaiah 30:6Isaiah 30:7Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 31:2Isaiah 31:3Ezekiel 17:15

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Ezekiel 14:22

(20) For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
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Jeremiah 3:10Jeremiah 17:10Psalms 18:44Psalms 65:3Ezekiel 14:3Ezekiel 14:4Ezekiel 33:31Matthew 22:15Matthew 22:16Matthew 22:17Matthew 22:18Matthew 22:35

(21) And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
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Deuteronomy 11:26Deuteronomy 11:27Ezekiel 2:7Ezekiel 3:17Acts 20:20Acts 20:26Acts 20:27Jeremiah 7:24Jeremiah 7:25Jeremiah 7:26Jeremiah 7:27Deuteronomy 29:19

(22) Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
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Jeremiah 42:17Jeremiah 43:11Ezekiel 5:3Ezekiel 5:4Ezekiel 6:11Hosea 9:6

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Ezekiel 7:15II Kings 7:4Jeremiah 42:17Jeremiah 44:12Ezekiel 6:12II Chronicles 25:4

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