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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 42:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jer 42:17 |
Strong Concordance |
So shall it be with all the men [0582] that set [07760] their faces [06440] to go [0935] into Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there; they shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: and none of them shall remain [08300] or escape [06412] from [06440] the evil [07451] that I will bring [0935] upon them. |
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King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| all the men--excepting the "small number" mentioned (Jer 44:14, Jer 44:28); namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, Jeremiah, Baruch, &c., and those who took Jeremiah's advice and fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
ויהיוּ, used instead of the impersonal והיה, is referred to the following subject by a rather unusual kind of attraction; cf. Ewald, 345, b. All the men who set their faces, i.e., intend, to go to Egypt shall perish; not a single one shall escape the evil; for the same judgment of wrath which has befallen Jerusalem shall also come on those who flee to Egypt; cf. Jer 7:20. On the expression "ye shall become a curse," etc., cf. Jer 24:9; Jer 25:18; Jer 29:18.
Taking for granted that the leaders of the people will not obey, Jeremiah appends to the word of the Lord an earnest address, in which several points are specially insisted on, viz., that the Lord had spoken to them, that He had forbidden them to go to Egypt, and that he (the prophet), by proclaiming the word of the Lord, had warned them (העיד בּ, to testify, bear witness against a person, i.e., warn him of something, cf. Jer 11:7). Thus he discloses to them the dangerous mistake they are in, when they first desire some expression of the mind of the Lord regarding their intentions, and, in the hope that He will accede to their request, promise unconditional obedience to whatever He may direct, but afterwards, when they have received a message from the Lord, will not obey it, because it is contrary to what they wish. The Kethib התעתים has been incorrectly written for התעיים, the Hiphil from תּעה, to err; here, as in Pro 10:17, it means to make a mistake. בּנפשׁותיכם, not, "you mislead your own selves," decepistis animas vestras (Vulg.), nor "in your souls," - meaning, in your thoughts and intentions (Ngelsbach), - but "at the risk of your souls," your life; cf. Jer 17:21. וּלכל אשׁר (Jer 42:21), "and that in regard to all that for which Jahveh has sent me to you," points back to their promise, Jer 42:5, that they would do "according to all the word." By employing the perfect in Jer 42:20, Jer 42:21, the thing is represented as quite certain, as if it had already taken place. Jer 42:22 concludes the warning with a renewed threat of the destruction which shall befall them for their disobedience. |
28 Yet a small [04962] number [04557] that escape [06412] the sword [02719] shall return out [07725] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and all the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall know [03045] whose words [01697] shall stand [06965], mine, or theirs.
14 So that none of the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], which are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall escape [06412] or remain [08300], that they should return [07725] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], to the which they have [05375] a desire [05315] to return [07725] to dwell [03427] there: for none shall return [07725] but such as shall escape [06405].
22 Now therefore know [03045] certainly [03045] that ye shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698], in the place [04725] whither ye desire [02654] to go [0935] and to sojourn [01481].
21 And now I have this day [03117] declared [05046] it to you; but ye have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], nor any thing for the which he hath sent [07971] me unto you.
20 For ye dissembled [08582] in your hearts [05315], when ye sent [07971] me unto the LORD [03068] your God [0430], saying [0559], Pray [06419] for us unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430]; and according unto all that the LORD [03068] our God [0430] shall say [0559], so declare [05046] unto us, and we will do [06213] it.
5 Then they said [0559] to Jeremiah [03414], The LORD [03068] be a true [0571] and faithful [0539] witness [05707] between us, if we do [06213] not even according to all things [01697] for the which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall send [07971] thee to us.
21 And now I have this day [03117] declared [05046] it to you; but ye have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], nor any thing for the which he hath sent [07971] me unto you.
21 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Take heed [08104] to yourselves [05315], and bear [05375] no burden [04853] on the sabbath [07676] day [03117], nor bring [0935] it in by the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389];
17 He is in the way [0734] of life [02416] that keepeth [08104] instruction [04148]: but he that refuseth [05800] reproof [08433] erreth [08582].
7 For I earnestly [05749] protested [05749] unto your fathers [01] in the day [03117] that I brought them up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], even unto this day [03117], rising early [07925] and protesting [05749], saying [0559], Obey [08085] my voice [06963].
18 And I will persecute [07291] them [0310] with the sword [02719], with the famine [07458], and with the pestilence [01698], and will deliver [05414] them to be removed [02189] [02113] to all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776], to be a curse [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and a reproach [02781], among all the nations [01471] whither I have driven [05080] them:
18 To wit, Jerusalem [03389], and the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the kings [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, to make [05414] them a desolation [02723], an astonishment [08047], an hissing [08322], and a curse [07045]; as it is this day [03117];
9 And I will deliver [05414] them to be removed [02189] [02113] into all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] for their hurt [07451], to be a reproach [02781] and a proverb [04912], a taunt [08148] and a curse [07045], in all places [04725] whither I shall drive [05080] them.
20 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, mine anger [0639] and my fury [02534] shall be poured out [05413] upon this place [04725], upon man [0120], and upon beast [0929], and upon the trees [06086] of the field [07704], and upon the fruit [06529] of the ground [0127]; and it shall burn [01197], and shall not be quenched [03518].