Jeremiah 40:4

The Scriptures 2009

“And now, see, I loosen you today from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Baḇel, come, and I shall look after you. But if it seems wrong for you to come with me to Baḇel, remain here. See, all the land is before you, go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:15

And Aḇimeleḵ said, “See, my land is before you, dwell wherever it is good in your eyes.”

Genesis 13:9

“Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I go to the left.”

Genesis 47:6

The land of Mitsrayim is before you. Settle your father and brothers in the best of the land, let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of capable men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.

Jeremiah 37:14

But Yirmeyahu said, “It is a lie! I am not deserting to the Kasdim.” But he did not listen to him, and Yiriyah seized Yirmeyahu and brought him to the heads.

Lamentations 3:7

He has hedged me in and I do not go out, He has made my chain heavy.

Genesis 44:21

“And you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, and let me set my eyes on him.’

Esther 3:11

And the sovereign said to Haman, “The silver and the people are given to you, to do with them as seems good to you.”