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Jeremiah 49
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1Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and small,
1Then 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,
2to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before your face, and pray you to the Lord your Godfor this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as your eyes see.
2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let 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 see us,
3And let the Lord your God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do.
3that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
4And Jeremias said to them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare [it] to you; I will not hide anything from you.
4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”
5And they said to Jeremias, Let the Lord be between us for a just and faithful witness , if we do not according to every word which the Lord shall send to us.
5Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us.
6And whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, because we shall listen to the voice of the Lord our God.
6Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, 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.”
7And it came to pass after ten days, [that] the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.
7After ten days, Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah.
8And he called Joanan, and the leaders of the host, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
8Then he called 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,
9and he said to them, Thus says the Lord;
9and said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says:
10If you⌃ will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull [you] down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
10‘If you will still live in this land, then I will 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.
11Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you⌃ are afraid; be not afraid of him,says the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand.
11Don’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.
12And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your land.
12I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
13But if you⌃ say, We will not dwell in this land,that we may not listen to the voice of the Lord;
13“‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice,
14for we will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread; and there we will dwell:
14saying, “No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there we will dwell;”’
15then hear the wordof the Lord; thus says the Lord;
15now therefore hear Yahweh’s word, O remnant of Judah! Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there,
16If you⌃ set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, [that] the swordwhich you⌃ fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which you⌃ have regard, shall overtake you, [coming] after you in Egypt; and there you⌃ shall die .
16then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, will follow close behind you there in Egypt; and you will die there.
17And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring upon them.
17So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
18For thus says the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when you⌃ have entered into Egypt: and you⌃ shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a curseand a reproach: and you⌃ shall no more see this place .
18For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you, when you enter into Egypt; and you will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.’
19[These are the words] which the Lord has spoken concerning you the remnant of Juda; Enter you⌃ not into Egypt: and now know you⌃ for a certainty,
19“Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today.
20that you⌃ have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when you⌃ sent me , saying, Pray you for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord shall speak to you we will do .
20For 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 says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
21And you⌃ have not listened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent me to you.
21I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
22Now therefore you⌃ shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place which you⌃ desire to go into to dwell there.
22Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”