Jeremiah 40:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,

Cross References

Genesis 13:9

Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

Genesis 20:15

And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

Genesis 44:21

And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

Genesis 47:6

And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

Esther 3:11

And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

Jeremiah 37:14

Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

Lamentations 3:7

He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.