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Jeremiah 42:17

So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

All the men - excepting the "small number" mentioned (; ) - namely, those who were forced into Egypt against their will, as Jeremiah, Baruch, etc., and those who took Jeremiah's advice, fled from Egypt before the arrival of the Chaldeans.

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See also Jeremiah 42:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Translate it: “Then shall the sword of which ye are afraid reach you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof ye pine shall cleave close unto you in Egypt, and there shall ye die; and all th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 42 _ 1. Jeremiah the intercessor (Jeremiah 42:1) _ 2. The answer from Jehovah (Jeremiah 42:7) Jeremiah 42:1. The remnant, the few who were left after the terrible happenings recorded in the

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 42:1 TO JEREMIAH 43:7. THE MIGRATION INTO EGYPT. Jeremiah is asked by the leaders (Jeremiah 42:1 _mg.,_ with LXX) and the people to seek Yahweh's guidance, which they solemnly ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Du. (see introd. note to section) considers Jeremiah 42:15 as wholly an addition, and Jeremiah 42:9 as containing much editorial matter....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to the section....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _The response of the Lord_ (Jeremiah 42:7-22) TRANSLATION (7) And it came to pass at the end of ten days that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. (8) And he called Johanan the son of Kareah,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S MESSAGE FROM GOD TO JOHANAN 1. Jezaniah] the Azariah of Jeremiah 43:2 (and probably not the Jezaniah of Jeremiah 40:8). 7-22. The people are forbidden to go down to Egypt. Jeremiah had alw...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SO SHALL IT BE WITH ALL THE MEN... — The words possibly imply that others were taking the same course as those who had applied to Jeremiah. There was something like a “rush” from many nations — Moab,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יִֽהְי֣וּ כָל ־הָ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁר ־שָׂ֨מ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIV THE DESCENT INTO EGYPT Jeremiah 42:1 Jeremiah 43:1 "They came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah."- Jeremiah 43:7 THUS within a few days Jeremiah had exper...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Before going forward, Johanan and those associated with him, gathered to Jeremiah, and asked that he pray for them and seek divine guidance. He consented at once to their request, and they promised ob...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XLII....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! do remark the graciousness of God. And recollect, that from the first threatenings, such was the uniform language the Lord used. And had Zedekiah listened to it, what calamities would have bee...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO SHALL IT BE WITH ALL THE MEN THAT SET THEIR FACES TO GO INTO EGYPT TO SOJOURN THERE,.... Not all that went into Egypt, but all that were resolutely set upon it; that were obstinately bent to go the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey_ Hebrew, לבלתי שׁמע, _so as not to obey._ If they did not continue in their own land, they disobeyed _the voice of the Lord. Saying, No; we...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there, having definitely made up their mind to that effect: THEY SHALL DIE BY THE SWORD, BY THE FAMINE, AND BY THE PEST...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord's Warning Answer...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SO SHALL IT BE WITH ALL THE MEN: _ Heb._ so shall all the men be...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-22 If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his pr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Those words, THAT SET THEIR FACES TO GO, may reasonably be interpreted as a limitation of the universal particle _all_; for as eventually we can hardly conceive that every individual person that went...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 42:17 men H582 set H7760 (H8804) faces H6440 go H935 (H8800) Egypt H4714 dwell H1481 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH BRINGS TO THE PEOPLE THE WORD OF YHWH (JEREMIAH 42:7). The break of ten days during which Jeremiah waited on YHWH brings out the importance of what is to be said. The run of cultic prophets s...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's answer to the inquiry of the people and Jeremiah concerning the calamities recently befallen. God's charge to the people in the land. CHARACTERS: God, Johanan, Jezaniah, Jeremiah. CON...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Jeremiah 42:1. _Then came all the captains of the forces._ שׂרי _sari,_ the princes of the army. _Johanan and Jezaniah_ are for dignity named last, because they were of royal blood. All the people, be...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:13 Rejecting God’s promise and fleeing to Egypt will result in JUDAH experiencing what they fear. Babylon will defeat EGYPT; the exiles are safer in Judah....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY as in previous chapter. Observe: _Jeremiah and Baruch_ had been _among the captives of Ishmael_, whom Johanan _rescued_ (chap. Jeremiah 43:6). STATE OF THE NA...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Jeremiah receives a request to inquire of God concerning the proposed emigration, and a "word of the Lord" follows. JEREMIAH 42:1 JEZANIAH THE SON OF HOSHAIAH. For "Jezaniah," the Septuag...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter 42: Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, they came unto Jeremiah, and said unto him, We beg you, that you will accept our supplication, and pray for us un...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 42:22; Jeremiah 44:14; Jeremiah 44:28...

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