Jeremiah 42:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

“Please pray to the LORD your God and ask him to heal my hand,” Jeroboam begged. The prophet prayed, and Jeroboam's hand was healed.

Psalm 119:170

Listen to my concerns and keep me safe, just as you have promised.

Exodus 8:28

Then the king told him, “I'll let you go into the desert to offer sacrifices, if you don't go very far. But in the meantime, pray for me.”

Exodus 9:28

We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the LORD to make it stop. Your people can go—you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer.”

Isaiah 1:15

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Isaiah 1:9

Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the LORD All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.

Isaiah 37:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the LORD heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Isaiah 42:20

who sees and hears so much, but pays no attention.

Jeremiah 15:11

Then the LORD replied, “I promise to protect you, and when disaster comes, even your enemies will beg you for help.”

Jeremiah 2:27

worship stone idols and sacred poles as if they had created you and had given you life. You have rejected me, but when you're in trouble, you cry to me for help.

Jeremiah 21:2

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia has attacked Judah. Please ask the LORD to work miracles for our people, as he has done in the past, so that Nebuchadnezzar will leave us alone.”

Jeremiah 36:7

The LORD is furious, and if the people hear how he is going to punish them, perhaps they will ask to be forgiven.

Jeremiah 37:20

Please, don't send me back to that prison at Jonathan's house. If you do, I will die.”

Jeremiah 37:3

Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army was headed in this direction. One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the LORD our God for us.”

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah had me brought to his private entrance to the temple, and he said, “I'm going to ask you something, and I want to know the truth.”

Jeremiah 40:15

so Johanan went to Gedaliah privately and said, “Let me kill Ishmael. No one will find out who did it. There are only a few people left in Judah, but they are depending on you. And if you are murdered, they will be scattered or killed.”

Jeremiah 42:20

You asked me to pray and find out what the LORD our God wants you to do, and you promised to obey him. But that was a terrible mistake,

Lamentations 1:1

Jerusalem, once so crowded, lies deserted and lonely. This city that was known all over the world is now like a widow. This queen of the nations has been made a slave.

Ezekiel 12:16

Some of them will survive the war, the starvation, and the deadly diseases. That way, they will be able to tell foreigners how disgusting their sins were, and that it was the LORD who punished them in this way.

Hosea 8:10

You can bargain with nations, but I'll catch you anyway. Soon you will suffer abuse by kings and rulers.

Leviticus 26:22

I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble up your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted.

Amos 7:2

In my vision the locusts ate every crop in the land, and I said to the LORD, “Forgive me for asking, but how can the nation survive? It's so weak.”

Matthew 24:22

If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.

Acts 8:24

Simon said, “Please pray to the Lord, so that what you said won't happen to me.”

Deuteronomy 28:62

There are as many of you now as the stars in the sky, but if you disobey the LORD your God, only a few of you will be left.

Deuteronomy 28:63

The LORD is happy to make you successful and to help your nation grow while you conquer the land. But if you disobey him, he will be just as happy to pull you up by your roots.

Deuteronomy 4:27

Only a few of you will survive, and the LORD will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations.

James 5:16

If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot.

1 Samuel 12:19

They told Samuel, “Please, pray to the LORD your God for us! We don't want to die. We have sinned many times in the past, and we were very wrong to ask for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:23

I would be disobeying the LORD if I stopped praying for you! I will always teach you how to live right.

1 Samuel 7:8

“Don't stop praying!” they told Samuel. “Ask the LORD our God to rescue us.”