Jeremiah 40:4

Good News Translation

Now, I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free. If you want to go to Babylonia with me, you may do so, and I will take care of you. But if you don't want to go, you don't have to. You have the whole country to choose from, and you may go wherever you wish.”

Cross References

Genesis 13:9

So let's separate. Choose any part of the land you want. You go one way, and I'll go the other.”

Genesis 20:15

He said to Abraham, “Here is my whole land; live anywhere you like.”

Genesis 44:21

Sir, you told us to bring him here, so that you could see him,

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

Esther 3:11

The king told him, “The people and their money are yours; do as you like with them.”

Jeremiah 37:14

I answered, “That's not so! I'm not deserting.” But Irijah would not listen to me. Instead, he arrested me and took me to the officials.

Lamentations 3:7

He has bound me in chains; I am a prisoner with no hope of escape.