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Jeremiah 42:9

Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

Jeremiah 42:9 · BSB

Jeremiah 42:9 in context

The verses around it, from Jeremiah 42.

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

6 Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

7 After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,

8 and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

9 Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:

10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.

11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.

12 And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’

13 But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

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Jeremiah 42:9 in other translations

KJV

And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

ASV

and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

ERV

and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:

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