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Jeremiah 42:13
Jeremiah 42:13 is verse 13 of Jeremiah chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
King James Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
World English Bible
“‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice,
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Jeremiah 42:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
14 and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
15 then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 42:10‘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.
Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”