Bible Commentary

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. Verse 22. Now therefore know certainly] As ye have determined to disobey, God has determined to punish. Ye may now follow the full bent of your … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:22”

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. Verse 21. Ye have not obeyed the voice] Though ye have requested to have this particular revelation of the Divine will, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:21”

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]. 20. have dealt deceitfully against your own souls ] i.e. selves … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:20”

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. 19. This connects well with Jer 42:14, assuming (see introd. note) that Jer 42:15-18 are by a supplementer. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The request made in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:19”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:18”

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. Those words, that set their faces … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:17”

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. Translate it: Then shall the sword of which ye are afraid reach you there … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:16”

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; Verse 15. If ye – set your faces to enter into Egypt, &c.] Every evil that ye … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:15”

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: 14. we shall see no war ] We shall be in a land further from Babylon, and therefore not so liable … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:14”

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, Our translation a little darkens the sense, translating the Hebrew particle neither, which signifies no more than not, or by no means, Num 14:16; 1Sa 2:2; 20:26; Hos 13:4; and it is certain here is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 42:13”