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19 Yahweh has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, ‘You must not go to Egypt.’ You must certainly know that I have warned you today[a] 20 that you have made a fatal mistake,[b] for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying,[c] ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God, and all that Yahweh our God says, so tell us and we will do it.’[d] 21 So I have told you today,[e] and you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, or of anything[f] that he sent me for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 42:19 Literally “the day”
  2. Jeremiah 42:20 Literally “you have caused them to err for your lives”
  3. Jeremiah 42:20 Literally “to say”
  4. Jeremiah 42:20 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Jeremiah 42:21 Literally “the day”
  6. Jeremiah 42:21 Literally “all”

19 “Remnant(A) of Judah, the Lord has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’(B) Be sure of this: I warn you today 20 that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’(C) 21 I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the Lord your God in all he sent me to tell you.(D)

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