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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 40:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 40:4 |
King James |
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
look well unto thee--the very words of Nebuchadnezzar's charge (Jer 39:12).
all the land is before thee . . . seemeth good-- (Gen 20:15, Margin). Jeremiah alone had the option given him of staying where he pleased, when all the rest were either carried off or forced to remain there. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Come; and I will look well unto thee - Thou art now at full liberty to do as thou pleasest; either to come to Babylon or to stay in thy own land. |
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.