## Jeremiah Chapter 42

###### Jeremiah 42:1
[Jeremiah 42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:1)

וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙ כׇּל־שָׂרֵ֣י הַחֲיָלִ֔ים וְיֽוֹחָנָן֙ בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ וִיזַנְיָ֖ה בֶּן־הוֹשַֽׁעְיָ֑ה וְכׇל־הָעָ֖ם מִקָּטֹ֥ן וְעַד־גָּדֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then all the captains of the forces, and Yoĥanan the son of Qareaĥ, and Yezanya the son of Hosha῾ya, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,


###### Jeremiah 42:2
[Jeremiah 42:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:2)

וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֗יא תִּפׇּל־נָ֤א תְחִנָּתֵ֙נוּ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל בַּעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּעַ֖ד כׇּל־הַשְּׁאֵרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּֽי־נִשְׁאַ֤רְנֽוּ מְעַט֙ מֵֽהַרְבֵּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹא֥וֹת אֹתָֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and said to Yirmeyahu the prophet, Let now our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us to the Lord thy God, for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes see us: )


###### Jeremiah 42:3
[Jeremiah 42:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:3)

וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶת־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֵֽלֶךְ־בָּ֑הּ וְאֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the Lord thy God may show us the way in which we may walk, and the thing we may do.


###### Jeremiah 42:4
[Jeremiah 42:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:4)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם יִרְמְיָ֤הוּ הַנָּבִיא֙ שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי הִנְנִ֧י מִתְפַּלֵּ֛ל אֶל־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֑ם וְֽהָיָ֡ה כׇּֽל־הַדָּבָר֩ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲנֶ֨ה יְהֹוָ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙ אַגִּ֣יד לָכֶ֔ם לֹא־אֶמְנַ֥ע מִכֶּ֖ם דָּבָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yirmeyahu the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.


###### Jeremiah 42:5
[Jeremiah 42:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:5)

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ אָמְר֣וּ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ יְהִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ בָּ֔נוּ לְעֵ֖ד אֱמֶ֣ת וְנֶאֱמָ֑ן אִם־לֹ֡א כְּֽכׇל־הַ֠דָּבָ֠ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then they said to Yirmeyahu, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not act according to all the things for which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.


###### Jeremiah 42:6
[Jeremiah 42:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:6)

אִם־ט֣וֹב וְאִם־רָ֔ע בְּק֣וֹל**׀** יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר (אנו) [אֲנַ֜חְנוּ] שֹׁלְחִ֥ים אֹתְךָ֛ אֵלָ֖יו נִשְׁמָ֑ע לְמַ֙עַן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽיטַב־לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י נִשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.


###### Jeremiah 42:7
[Jeremiah 42:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:7)

וַיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת יָמִ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came to Yirmeyahu.


###### Jeremiah 42:8
[Jeremiah 42:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:8)

וַיִּקְרָ֗א אֶל־יֽוֹחָנָן֙ בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ וְאֶ֛ל כׇּל־שָׂרֵ֥י הַחֲיָלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ וּ֨לְכׇל־הָעָ֔ם לְמִקָּטֹ֖ן וְעַד־גָּדֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then he called Yoĥanan the son of Qareaĥ, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,


###### Jeremiah 42:9
[Jeremiah 42:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:9)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּה־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם אֹתִי֙ אֵלָ֔יו לְהַפִּ֥יל תְּחִנַּתְכֶ֖ם לְפָנָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he said to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him;


###### Jeremiah 42:10
[Jeremiah 42:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:10)

אִם־שׁ֤וֹב תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וּבָנִ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א אֶהֱרֹ֔ס וְנָטַעְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א אֶתּ֑וֹשׁ כִּ֤י נִחַ֙מְתִּי֙ אֶל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If you will still abide 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 repent of the evil that I have done to you.


###### Jeremiah 42:11
[Jeremiah 42:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:11)

אַל־תִּֽירְא֗וּ מִפְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם יְרֵאִ֖ים מִפָּנָ֑יו אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּֽי־אִתְּכֶ֣ם אָ֔נִי לְהוֹשִׁ֧יעַ אֶתְכֶ֛ם וּלְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not afraid of the king of Bavel, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.


###### Jeremiah 42:12
[Jeremiah 42:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:12)

וְאֶתֵּ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם רַחֲמִ֖ים וְרִחַ֣ם אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְהֵשִׁ֥יב אֶתְכֶ֖ם אֶל־אַדְמַתְכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will show mercies to you, that he may have mercy upon you, and let you return to your own land.


###### Jeremiah 42:13
[Jeremiah 42:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:13)

וְאִם־אֹמְרִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לֹ֥א נֵשֵׁ֖ב בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את לְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׁמֹ֔עַ בְּק֖וֹל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,


###### Jeremiah 42:14
[Jeremiah 42:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:14)

לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּ֣י אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָב֔וֹא אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־נִרְאֶה֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָ֖ר לֹ֣א נִשְׁמָ֑ע וְלַלֶּ֥חֶם לֹֽא־נִרְעָ֖ב וְשָׁ֥ם נֵשֵֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
saying, No; but we will go into the land of Miżrayim, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the shofar, nor have hunger for bread; and there will we dwell:


###### Jeremiah 42:15
[Jeremiah 42:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:15)

וְעַתָּ֕ה לָכֵ֛ן שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־אַ֠תֶּ֠ם שׂ֣וֹם תְּשִׂמ֤וּן פְּנֵיכֶם֙ לָבֹ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וּבָאתֶ֖ם לָג֥וּר שָֽׁם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and now therefore hear the word of the Lord, you remnant of Yehuda; thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; If indeed you set your faces to enter into Miżrayim and go to sojourn there;


###### Jeremiah 42:16
[Jeremiah 42:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:16)

וְהָיְתָ֣ה הַחֶ֗רֶב אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתֶּם֙ יְרֵאִ֣ים מִמֶּ֔נָּה שָׁ֛ם תַּשִּׂ֥יג אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָרָעָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם**׀** דֹּאֲגִ֣ים מִמֶּ֗נּוּ שָׁ֣ם יִדְבַּ֧ק אַחֲרֵיכֶ֛ם מִצְרַ֖יִם וְשָׁ֥ם תָּמֻֽתוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Miżrayim, and the famine, of which you were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Miżrayim; and there you shall die.


###### Jeremiah 42:17
[Jeremiah 42:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:17)

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ כׇל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֨מוּ אֶת־פְּנֵיהֶ֜ם לָב֤וֹא מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם יָמ֕וּתוּ בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ שָׂרִ֣יד וּפָלִ֔יט מִפְּנֵי֙ הָרָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י מֵבִ֥יא עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And all the men that set their faces to go into Miżrayim to sojourn there 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 upon them.


###### Jeremiah 42:18
[Jeremiah 42:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:18)

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ נִתַּ֨ךְ אַפִּ֜י וַחֲמָתִ֗י עַל־יֹֽשְׁבֵי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם כֵּ֣ן תִּתַּ֤ךְ חֲמָתִי֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם בְּבֹאֲכֶ֖ם מִצְרָ֑יִם וִהְיִיתֶ֞ם לְאָלָ֤ה וּלְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה וְלֹא־תִרְא֣וּ ע֔וֹד אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; As my anger and my fury has been poured out upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; so shall my fury be poured out upon you, when you shall enter into Miżrayim: and you shall be an oath, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.


###### Jeremiah 42:19
[Jeremiah 42:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:19)

דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהֹוָ֤ה עֲלֵיכֶם֙ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אַל־תָּבֹ֖אוּ מִצְרָ֑יִם יָדֹ֙עַ֙ תֵּדְע֔וּ כִּֽי־הַעִידֹ֥תִי בָכֶ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has said concerning you, O remnant of Yehuda; Do not go into Miżrayim: know certainly that I have forewarned you this day.


###### Jeremiah 42:20
[Jeremiah 42:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:20)

כִּ֣י (התעתים) [הִתְעֵיתֶם֮] בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם֒ כִּֽי־אַתֶּ֞ם שְׁלַחְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִ֗י אֶל־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וּכְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֹאמַ֜ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ כֵּ֥ן הַגֶּד־לָ֖נוּ וְעָשִֽׂינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For you have gone astray at peril of your lives, when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God; and according to all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.


###### Jeremiah 42:21
[Jeremiah 42:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:21)

וָאַגִּ֥ד לָכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֗ם בְּקוֹל֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor anything for which he has sent me to you.


###### Jeremiah 42:22
[Jeremiah 42:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/42:22)

וְעַתָּה֙ יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּדְע֔וּ כִּ֗י בַּחֶ֛רֶב בָּרָעָ֥ב וּבַדֶּ֖בֶר תָּמ֑וּתוּ בַּמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲפַצְתֶּ֔ם לָב֖וֹא לָג֥וּר שָֽׁם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 and to sojourn.