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Jeremiah 40:2

Jeremiah

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

3 and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.

4 But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
KJV
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
WEB
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
ASV
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;
DARBY
And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place,
BLB
And the captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, “YHWH your God has spoken this evil against this place,
ÅB
Høvdingen over livvakten hentet Jeremias og sa til ham: Herren din Gud har forkynt denne ulykke mot dette sted.
OTB
Kommandanten for vakten tok Jeremias og sa til ham: “Herren din Gud har uttalt denne katastrofen over dette stedet;
B1930
Høvdingen over livvakten hentet Jeremias og sa til ham: Herren din Gud har forkynt denne ulykke mot dette sted.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 29:24–28

    So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

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  • Jeremiah 22:8–9

    And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

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  • Lamentations 2:15–17

    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:20–22

    then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

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  • 1 Kings 9:8–9

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

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