Jeremiah 42
Reading Jeremiah chapter 42 in the Darby Bible, public-domain text from 1890.
Verses 1–10
1 And all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
2 came near and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication come before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thyGod, for all this remnant (for we are left a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us);
3 that Jehovah thyGod may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
4 And Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah yourGod according to your words; and it shall come to pass [that] whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you: I will keep nothing back from you.
5 And they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not even according to all the word for which Jehovah thyGod shall send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good or whether it be evil, we will hearken unto the voice of Jehovah ourGod, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us when we hearken unto the voice of Jehovah ourGod.
7 And it came to pass at the end of ten days, that the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah.
8 And he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest,
9 and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:
10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not overthrow [you], and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
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