◄ Jeremiah 42:13 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
But if you continue to say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ thus disobeying the voice of the LORD your God

Contemporary English Version
But you might keep on saying, "We won't stay here in Judah, and we won't obey the LORD our God.

New American Bible
But if you keep saying, “We will not stay in this land,” thus disobeying the voice of the LORD, your God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,

Jeremiah 42:10 If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up, and not pull you down: I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you.

Jeremiah 44:16 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Exodus 5:2 But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

Context
Warning Against Going to Egypt
…12And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land. 13But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,14Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell.…
Cross References
Exodus 5:2
But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

Jeremiah 44:16
As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Jeremiah 42:12
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