Jeremiah 49

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¹Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasæas, and all the people great and small,

¹Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and small,

²to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before thy face, and pray thou to the Lord thy God for this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as thine eyes see.

²to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before your face, and pray you to the Lord your God for this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as your eyes see.

³And let the Lord thy God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do.

³And let the Lord your God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do.

⁴And Jeremias said to them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatsoever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare [it] to you; I will not hide anything from you.

⁴And Jeremias said to them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare [it] to you; I will not hide anything from you.

⁵And they said to Jeremias, Let the Lord be between us for a just and faithful witness, if we do not according to every word which the Lord shall send to us.

⁶And whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will hearken to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, because we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.

⁶And whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, because we shall listen to the voice of the Lord our God.

⁷And it came to pass after ten days, [that] the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.

⁸And he called Joanan, and the leaders of the host, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,

⁹and he said to them, Thus saith the Lord;

⁹and he said to them, Thus says the Lord;

¹⁰If ye will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull [you] down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.

¹⁰If you⌃ will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull [you] down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.

¹¹Be 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 deliver you, and save you out of their hand.

¹¹Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you⌃ are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand.

¹²And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your land.

¹³But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not hearken to the voice of the Lord;

¹³But if you⌃ say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not listen to the voice of the Lord;

¹⁴for we will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread; and there we will dwell:

¹⁵then hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord;

¹⁵then hear the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord;

¹⁶If ye set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, [that] the sword which ye fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which ye have regard, shall overtake you, [coming] after you in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

¹⁶If you⌃ set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, [that] the sword which you⌃ fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which you⌃ have regard, shall overtake you, [coming] after you in Egypt; and there you⌃ shall die.

¹⁷And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring upon them.

¹⁸For thus saith the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when ye have entered into Egypt: and ye shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a curse and a reproach: and ye shall no more see this place.

¹⁸For thus says the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when you⌃ have entered into Egypt: and you⌃ shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a curse and a reproach: and you⌃ shall no more see this place.

¹⁹[These are the words] which the Lord has spoken concerning you the remnant of Juda; Enter ye not into Egypt: and now know ye for a certainty,

¹⁹[These are the words] which the Lord has spoken concerning you the remnant of Juda; Enter you⌃ not into Egypt: and now know you⌃ for a certainty,

²⁰that ye have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when ye sent me, saying, Pray thou for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord shall speak to thee we will do.

²⁰that you⌃ have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when you⌃ sent me, saying, Pray you for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord shall speak to you we will do.

²¹And ye have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent me to you.

²¹And you⌃ have not listened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent me to you.

²²Now therefore ye shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place which ye desire to go into to dwell there.

²²Now therefore you⌃ shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place which you⌃ desire to go into to dwell there.