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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 42 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/42.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/42-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 42</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/41.htm" title="Jeremiah 41">◄</a> Jeremiah 42 <a href="../jeremiah/43.htm" title="Jeremiah 43">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/42.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Warning to Stay in Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then all the military leaders, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, approached <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Pray that the LORD your God will show us what to do and where to go.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whether we like it or not, we will obey the LORD our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Ten days later the LORD gave his reply to Jeremiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So he called for Johanan son of Kareah and the other military leaders, and for all the people, from the least to the greatest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He said to them, “You sent me to the LORD, the God of Israel, with your request, and this is his reply: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>‘Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry about all the punishment I have had to bring upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not fear the king of Babylon anymore,’ says the LORD. ‘For I am with you and will save you and rescue you from his power. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will be merciful to you by making him kind, so he will let you stay here in your land.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But if you refuse to obey the LORD your God, and if you say, ‘We will not stay here; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>instead, we will go to Egypt where we will be free from war, the call to arms, and hunger,’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>then hear the LORD’s message to the remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and live there, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the very war and famine you fear will catch up to you, and you will die there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>That is the fate awaiting every one of you who insists on going to live in Egypt. Yes, you will die from war, famine, and disease. None of you will escape the disaster I will bring upon you there.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: ‘Do not go to Egypt!’ Don’t forget this warning I have given you today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For you were not being honest when you sent me to pray to the LORD your God for you. You said, ‘Just tell us what the LORD our God says, and we will do it!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And today I have told you exactly what he said, but you will not obey the LORD your God any better now than you have in the past. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/42-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So you can be sure that you will die from war, famine, and disease in Egypt, where you insist on going.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">42:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">Azariah;</span><span class="ft"> compare 43:2.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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