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Jeremiah 42:21

Obedience

19 The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

20 For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

22 Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
KJV
And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
WEB
I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed the LORD your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
ASV
and I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he hath sent me unto you.
DARBY
And I have this day declared [it] to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God, nor anything for which he hath sent me unto you.
BLB
And I have declared [it] to you⁺ this day, and you⁺ have not listened to the voice of YHWH your⁺ God, and in all that He has sent me to you⁺.
ÅB
Og jeg har forkynt dere det idag; men dere har ikke hørt på Herrens, deres Guds røst, og på alt det som han sendte meg til dere med.
OTB
Jeg har fortalt dere i dag, men dere har ikke adlydt Herren deres Gud i alt det han sendte meg for å si til dere.
B1930
Og jeg har forkynt eder det idag; men I har ikke hørt på Herrens, eders Guds røst, og på alt det som han sendte mig til eder med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 2:7

    But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

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  • Zechariah 7:11–12

    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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  • Acts 20:26–27

    Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

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  • Jeremiah 7:24–27

    Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

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  • Ezekiel 3:17

    “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:26–27

    See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

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  • Acts 20:20

    I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

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  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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