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Verse Jeremiah 42:3. _THAT THE LORD THY GOD MAY SHOW US_] They all
thought there was no safety in Jerusalem or in Judea, and therefore
determined to leave the land: but they did not know which might b...
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CHAPTER 42
_ 1. Jeremiah the intercessor (Jeremiah 42:1) _
2. The answer from Jehovah (Jeremiah 42:7)
Jeremiah 42:1. The remnant, the few who were left after the terrible
happenings recorded in the
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JEREMIAH 42:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:7. THE MIGRATION INTO EGYPT. Jeremiah is
asked by the leaders (Jeremiah 42:1 _mg.,_ with LXX) and the people to
seek Yahweh's guidance, which they solemnly ...
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THY. See note on Jeremiah 42:2. but here the reading "our" is
supported by several codices and one early printed edition....
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PRAY FOR US, &C.— It is the constant method of hypocrites to pretend
an absolute submission to the will of God, till that will is found to
run counter to their inclinations or interest. Lowth....
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2. _The request of the prophet_ (Jeremiah 42:1-6)
TRANSLATION
(1) Then all the officers of the forces, Johanan the son of Kareah,
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small and
g...
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That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and
the thing that we may do.
They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as
wishing Him to authorize what they...
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JEREMIAH'S MESSAGE FROM GOD TO JOHANAN
1. Jezaniah] the Azariah of Jeremiah 43:2 (and probably not the
Jezaniah of Jeremiah 40:8).
7-22. The people are forbidden to go down to Egypt. Jeremiah had
alw...
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וְ יַגֶּד ־לָ֨נוּ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ
אֶת ־הַ
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CHAPTER XIV
THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT
Jeremiah 42:1 Jeremiah 43:1
"They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of
Jehovah."- Jeremiah 43:7
THUS within a few days Jeremiah had exper...
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Before going forward, Johanan and those associated with him, gathered
to Jeremiah, and asked that he pray for them and seek divine guidance.
He consented at once to their request, and they promised ob...
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That the LORD thy God may show us the way in which we may walk, and
the thing that we may (a) do.
(a) This declares the nature of hypocrites who would know of God's
word what they should do, but will...
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Hitherto the character of Johanan seems to have been fair. The zeal he
manifested against Ishmael, and the recovery of the captives, is well
succeeded by this enquiry. But alas! what sincerity is ther...
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They came then, as it has been stated, as though they were ready to
obey; and then they professed humility, because they did not wish to
do anything rashly, but only to follow where God called them. H...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44.
After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history
of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were
no...
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THAT THE LORD THY GOD MAY SHOW US THE WAY WHEREIN WE MAY WALK,.... Not
the way of their duty as to religious worship, or their moral
conversation, which was the way of God's commandments, and had been...
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That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the
thing that we may do.
Ver. 3. _That the Lord thy God may show us the way._] But they had set
themselves in the way to Egypt befo...
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_Then all the captains, and all the people_ That is, both those
captains, and many of the people; _came near and said unto Jeremiah _
Who was probably carried away with the other captives by Ishmael,...
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THE HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRY...
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that the Lord, thy God, may show us the way wherein we may walk, and
the thing that we may do, that is, what they should do now, where they
should turn in this emergency, in order to escape the certai...
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1-6 To serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for
his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look to God
for direction; and we may still, in faith, pray to be guid...
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The thing they would have him pray to God for, was direction what they
should do in this desolate state into which God had brought them. What
could be more pious? a practice founded upon a Divine prec...
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Jeremiah 42:3 LORD H3068 God H430 show H5046 (H8686) way H1870 walk
H3212 (H8799) thing H1697 do...
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THE REFUGEES SEEK YHWH'S GUIDANCE THROUGH JEREMIAH BUT ON RECEIVING IT
REJECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THEIR INCLINATIONS WITH THE
CONSEQUENCE THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIES JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM...
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THE PEOPLE APPROACH JEREMIAH AND SEEK GUIDANCE, GIVING THE IMPRESSION
OF WANTING TO OBEY YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:1).
As a result of what had happened to Jerusalem Jeremiah had now been
proved to be a true p...
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CONTENTS: God's answer to the inquiry of the people and Jeremiah
concerning the calamities recently befallen. God's charge to the
people in the land.
CHARACTERS: God, Johanan, Jezaniah, Jeremiah.
CON...
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Jeremiah 42:1. _Then came all the captains of the forces._ שׂרי
_sari,_ the princes of the army. _Johanan and Jezaniah_ are for
dignity named last, because they were of royal blood. All the people,
be...
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_All the people. .. came near, and said unto Jeremiah the prophet._
THE PEOPLE AND THE PROPHET
I. Prayerfulness. “Pray for us.” The prophet was implored to
intercede with God on behalf of his countr...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:1 The leaders ask JEREMIAH 1:1 to seek
God’s will. They are desperate and devastated and claim to desire to
know the...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY as in previous chapter.
Observe: _Jeremiah and Baruch_ had been _among the captives of
Ishmael_, whom Johanan _rescued_ (chap. Jeremiah 43:6).
STATE OF THE NA...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah receives a request to inquire of God concerning the proposed
emigration, and a "word of the Lord" follows.
JEREMIAH 42:1
JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH. For "Jezaniah," the Septuag...
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So in chapter 42:
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
they came unto Jeremiah, and said unto him, We beg you, that you will
accept our supplication, and pray for us un...
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1 Kings 8:36; Deuteronomy 5:26; Deuteronomy 5:29; Ezra 8:21; Isaiah
2:3