Jeremiah 42:21 · KJV
“And {now} I have this day declared {it} to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any {thing} for the which he hath sent me unto you.”
— Jeremiah 42:21
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do {it}. {ye dissembled...: or, ye have used deceit against your souls}
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go {and} to sojourn. {to go...: or, to go to sojourn}
Jeremiah 42 — Context
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. {admonished...: Heb. testified against you}
20For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do {it}. {ye dissembled...: or, ye have used deceit against your souls}
21And {now} I have this day declared {it} to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any {thing} for the which he hath sent me unto you.
22Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go {and} to sojourn. {to go...: or, to go to sojourn}
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:7
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they {are} most rebellious. {most...: Heb. rebellion}
Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. {pulled...: Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder} {stopped: Heb. made heavy}
Acts 20:26-27
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I {am} pure from the blood of all {men}.
Jeremiah 7:24-27
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels {and} in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. {imagination: or, stubbornness} {went: Heb. were}
Ezekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: {imagination: or, stubbornness} {drunkenness...: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty}
Acts 20:20
{And} how I kept back nothing that was profitable {unto you}, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
Deuteronomy 11:26-27
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;