Jeremiah 40:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God pronounced evil upon this place.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;

Common English Bible

² The captain of the special guard located Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God declared that a great disaster would overtake this place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Therefore, the leader of the military, taking Jeremiah, said to him: "The Lord your God has declared this evil over this place,

Jeremiah 40:2 Cross References

Leviticus 26:14

“But if you will not obey me and do not observe all these commandments,

Deuteronomy 28:15

“But if you will not obey the Lord your God by diligently observing all his commandments and decrees that I am commanding you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

Deuteronomy 31:17

My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’

Deuteronomy 32:19

The Lord saw it and was jealous; he spurned his sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 50:7

All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, the true pasture, the Lord, the hope of their ancestors.”

Jeremiah 52:16

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil.

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.