Jeremiah 42:2

New American Bible - revised edition

approached Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please grant our petition; pray for us to the Lord, your God, for all this remnant. As you see, only a few of us remain, but once we were many.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

Then the king said to the man of God, “Entreat the Lord, your God, and intercede for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored as it was before.

Psalm 119:170

Let my prayer come before you; rescue me according to your promise.

Exodus 8:28

But once more Pharaoh became obstinate and would not let the people go.

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord! Enough of the thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of hosts had not left us a small remnant, We would have become as Sodom, would have resembled Gomorrah.

Isaiah 37:4

Perhaps the Lord, your God, will hear the words of the commander, whom his lord, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke him for the words which the Lord, your God, has heard. So lift up a prayer for the remnant that is here.”

Isaiah 42:20

You see many things but do not observe; ears open, but do not hear.

Jeremiah 15:11

Tell me, Lord, have I not served you for their good? Have I not interceded with you in time of misfortune and anguish?

Jeremiah 2:27

They say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave me birth.” They turn their backs to me, not their faces; yet in their time of trouble they cry out, “Rise up and save us!”

Jeremiah 21:2

Inquire for us of the Lord, because Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will act for us in accord with his wonderful works by making him withdraw from us.

Jeremiah 36:7

Perhaps they will present their supplication before the Lord and will all turn back from their evil way; for great is the anger and wrath with which the Lord has threatened this people.”

Jeremiah 37:20

Please hear me, my lord king! Grant my petition: do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I shall die there.”

Jeremiah 37:3

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet with this request: “Please appeal to the Lord, our God, for us.”

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah the prophet to meet him at the third entrance of the house of the Lord. “I have a question to ask you,” the king said to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan, son of Kareah, said secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah: “Please let me go and kill Ishmael, son of Nethaniah; no one will know it. What if he assassinates you? All the Judahites who have now rallied behind you would scatter and the remnant of Judah would perish.”

Jeremiah 42:20

At the cost of your lives you have been deceitful, for you yourselves sent me to the Lord, your God, saying, “Pray for us to the Lord, our God; whatever the Lord, our God, shall say, tell us and we will do it.”

Lamentations 1:1

How solitary sits the city, once filled with people. She who was great among the nations is now like a widow. Once a princess among the provinces, now a toiling slave.

Ezekiel 12:16

But I will let a few of them escape the sword, starvation, and plague, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations to which they go. Thus they may know that I am the Lord.

Hosea 8:10

Even though they bargain with the nations, I will now gather them together; They will soon succumb under the burden of king and princes.

Leviticus 26:22

I will unleash wild beasts against you, to rob you of your children and wipe out your livestock, till your population dwindles away and your roads become deserted.

Amos 7:2

When they had finished eating the grass in the land, I said: Forgive, O Lord God! Who will raise up Jacob? He is so small!

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened.

Acts 8:24

Simon said in reply, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

Deuteronomy 28:62

You who were numerous as the stars of the heavens will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord, your God. Exile.

Deuteronomy 28:63

Just as the Lord once took delight in making you prosper and grow, so will the Lord now take delight in ruining and destroying you, and you will be plucked out of the land you are now entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and there shall remain but a handful of you among the nations to which the Lord will drive you.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

1 Samuel 12:19

They said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for us, your servants, that we may not die for having added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

1 Samuel 12:23

As for me, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you and to teach you the good and right way.

1 Samuel 7:8

and appealed to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, to save us from the hand of the Philistines.”