Jeremiah 42:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘May our petition come before you;  pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,  on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,  as you can see with your own eyes),

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And said to Jeremiah the prophet, We beseech you that you will let our supplication be presented before you and that you will pray to the Lord your God for us, even for all this remnant [of the people of Judah]; for whereas we were once many, there are but a few of us left, as you see with your [own] eyes.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us),

Common English Bible

² Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “We have something to ask you: Please pray to the LORD your God for us, this small group, for as you can see we were once many but now are very few.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And they said to Jeremiah the prophet: "Let our supplication fall before your sight. And pray for us to the Lord your God, on behalf of this entire remnant. For few out of many have been left behind, just as your eyes behold us.

Jeremiah 42:2 Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king responded to the man of God, ‘Plead for the favour of the Lord your God and pray for me  so that my hand may be restored to me.’ So the man of God pleaded for the favour of the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it had been at first.

Exodus 8:28

Pharaoh responded, ‘I will let you go and sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but don’t go very far. Make an appeal  for me.’

Exodus 9:28

Make an appeal to the Lord. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go;  you don’t need to stay any longer.’

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah.

Isaiah 37:4

Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God,  and will rebuke him for the words that the Lord your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.” ’

Isaiah 42:20

Though seeing many things,  you pay no attention. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.’

Jeremiah 15:11

The Lord said: Haven’t I set you loose for your own good? Haven’t I punished you in a time of trouble, in a time of distress with the enemy?

Jeremiah 2:27

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to me and not their face, yet in their time of disaster  they beg, ‘Rise up and save us! ’

Jeremiah 21:2

‘Enquire of the Lord on our behalf, since King Nebuchadnezzar  , of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will perform for us something like all his past wondrous works so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.’

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord,  and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are intense.’

Jeremiah 37:20

So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you.  Don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.’

Jeremiah 37:3

Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal  son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah  son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, requesting, ‘Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf! ’

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah sent for the prophet Jeremiah and received him at the third entrance of the Lord’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, ‘I am going to ask you something; don’t hide anything from me.’

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan son of Kareah suggested to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, ‘Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know it. Why should he kill you and allow all of Judah that has gathered around you to scatter and the remnant of Judah to perish? ’

Jeremiah 42:20

You have gone astray at the cost of your lives  because you are the ones who sent 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’ll act accordingly.”

Lamentations 1:1

How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.

Ezekiel 12:16

But I will spare a few of them from the sword,  famine, and plague, so that among the nations where they go they can tell about all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Hosea 8:10

Even though they hire lovers among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to decrease in number under the burden of the king and leaders.

Leviticus 26:22

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

Amos 7:2

When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,  I said, ‘Lord God, please forgive!  How will Jacob survive, since he is so small? ’

Matthew 24:22

Unless those days were cut short, no one would   be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.

Acts 8:24

‘Pray to the Lord for me,’ Simon replied, ‘so that nothing you have said may happen to me.’

Deuteronomy 28:62

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord was glad to cause you to prosper and to multiply you, so he will also be glad to cause you to perish and to destroy you. You will be ripped out of the land you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples,  and you will be reduced to a few survivors  among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

1 Samuel 12:19

They pleaded with Samuel, ‘Pray to the Lord your God for your servants  so we won’t die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of requesting a king for ourselves.’

1 Samuel 12:23

‘As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you.  I will teach you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 7:8

The Israelites said to Samuel, ‘Don’t stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, so that he will save us from the Philistines.’