Jeremiah 42:19 “The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know…”

Jeremiah 42:19

The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

World English Bible

“The LORD has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I have testified to you today.

American Standard Version

Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified unto you this day.

Geneva Bible 1599

O ye remnant of Iudah, the Lord hath said concerning you, Goe not into Egypt: knowe certeinely that I haue admonished you this day.

Darby Translation

Jehovah hath said concerning you, the remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt. Know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

Young's Literal Translation

'Jehovah hath spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: know certainly that I have testified against you to-day;

Bible in Basic English

The Lord has said about you, O last of Judah, Go not into Egypt: be certain that I have given witness to you this day.

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Cross references

“Go”

Deuteronomy 17:16 Isaiah 30:1–7 Isaiah 31:1–3 Ezekiel 17:15

Deuteronomy 17:16 · BSB

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Isaiah 30:1–7 · BSB

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 31:1–3 · BSB

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Ezekiel 17:15 · BSB

But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

“know”

Jeremiah 38:21 Ezekiel 3:21 Acts 20:26 Acts 20:27

Jeremiah 38:21 · BSB

But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Ezekiel 3:21 · BSB

But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

Acts 20:26 · BSB

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

Acts 20:27 · BSB

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

“admonished you”

Nehemiah 9:26 Deuteronomy 31:21 2 Chronicles 24:19 Ephesians 4:17 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Acts 2:40

Nehemiah 9:26 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Deuteronomy 31:21 · BSB

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them…

2 Chronicles 24:19 · BSB

Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

1 Thessalonians 4:6 · BSB

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Acts 2:40 · BSB

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Also

Ezekiel 2:5

Ezekiel 2:5 · BSB

And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

20For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

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