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Jeremiah 42:19

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“The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now.

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The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again.”

But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:

But this one from Israel’s royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

And as for them, whether they listen or not – for they are a rebellious house – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.”

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.




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