Jeremiah 40:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Today I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free! If you want to, you can come with me to Babylonia, and I will see that you are taken care of. Or if you decide to stay here, you can go wherever you wish.

Cross References

Genesis 13:9

There is plenty of land for you to choose from. Let's separate. If you go north, I'll go south; if you go south, I'll go north.”

Genesis 20:15

and told Abraham that he could settle anywhere in his country.

Genesis 44:21

You ordered us to bring him here, so you could see him for yourself.

Genesis 47:6

I will let them live anywhere they choose in the land of Egypt, but I suggest that they settle in Goshen, the best part of our land. I would also like your finest shepherds to look after my own sheep and goats.”

Esther 3:11

“Do what you want with those people! You can keep their money.”

Jeremiah 37:14

“I'm not trying to join them!” I answered. But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took me to the king's officials.

Lamentations 3:7

God built a fence around me that I cannot climb over, and he chained me down.