World English Bible Editors
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:07:19 -0800
Jeremiah, starting at chapter 40
{40:1} The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when
he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of
Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon. {40:2}
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Yahweh your
God pronounced this evil on this place; {40:3} and Yahweh has brought
it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against
Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come
on you. {40:4} Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains
which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into
Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you
to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before
you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go. {40:5} Now
while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah
the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has
made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the
people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of
the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go. {40:6} Then
went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with
him among the people who were left in the land. {40:7} Now when all
the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their
men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women,
and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not
carried away captive to Babylon; {40:8} then they came to Gedaliah to
Mizpah, [to wit], Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and
Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the
sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the
Maacathite, they and their men. {40:9} Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the
son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid
to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of
Babylon, and it shall be well with you. {40:10} As for me, behold, I
will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to
us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in
your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken. {40:11}
Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of
Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the
king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over
them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; {40:12} then all
the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came
to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and
summer fruits very much. {40:13} Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to
Gedaliah to Mizpah, {40:14} and said to him, Do you know that Baalis
the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn't
believe them. {40:15} Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah
in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take
your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be
scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish? {40:16} But Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this
thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.
{41:1} Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the
chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
{41:2} Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who
were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had
made governor over the land. {41:3} Ishmael also killed all the Jews
who were with him, [to wit], with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the
Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. {41:4} It happened the
second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, {41:5}
that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even
eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and
having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their
hand, to bring them to the house of Yahweh. {41:6} Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he
went: and it happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. {41:7} It was so, when they came into the
midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, [and
cast them] into the midst of the pit, he, and the men who were with
him. {41:8} But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael,
Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and
of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill
them among their brothers. {41:9} Now the pit in which Ishmael cast
all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of
Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of
Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with
those who were killed. {41:10} Then Ishmael carried away captive all
the residue of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's
daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan
the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam;
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed
to go over to the children of Ammon. {41:11} But when Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard
of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, {41:12}
then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
{41:13} Now it happened that, when all the people who were with
Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces who were with him, then they were glad. {41:14} So all the
people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about
and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. {41:15} But
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and
went to the children of Ammon. {41:16} Then took Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the
remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam, [to wit], the men of war, and the women, and the children, and
the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: {41:17} and they
departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to
enter into Egypt, {41:18} because of the Chaldeans; for they were
afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor
over the land.
{42:1} Then 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, came near, {42:2} and said to Jeremiah the
prophet, Let, we pray you, our supplication be presented before you,
and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we
are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us: {42:3} that Yahweh
your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing
that we should do. {42:4} Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I
have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to
your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall
answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from
you. {42:5} Then they said to Jeremiah, Yahweh be a true and faithful
witness among us, if we don't do according to all the word with which
Yahweh your God shall send you to us. {42:6} Whether it be good, or
whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom
we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of
Yahweh our God. {42:7} It happened after ten days, that the word of
Yahweh came to Jeremiah. {42:8} Then called he Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all
the people from the least even to the greatest, {42:9} and said to
them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to
present your supplication before him: {42:10} If you will still abide
in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will
plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I
have brought on you. {42:11} Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon,
of whom you are afraid; don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am
with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. {42:12} I will
grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to
return to your own land. {42:13} But if you say, We will not dwell in
this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,
{42:14} saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we
shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger
of bread; and there will we dwell: {42:15} now therefore hear the word
of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of
Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to
sojourn there; {42:16} then it shall happen, that the sword, which you
fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine,
about which you are afraid, shall follow close behind you there in
Egypt; and there you shall die. {42:17} So shall it be with all the
men who 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 on them.
{42:18} For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger
and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so
shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into
Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and
a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more. {42:19}
Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don't you go into
Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day. {42:20}
For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me
to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and
according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and
we will do it: {42:21} and I have this day declared it to you; but you
have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh your God in anything for which he
has sent me to you. {42:22} Now therefore know certainly that you
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the
place where you desire to go to sojourn there.
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