If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I (d) repent of the evil that I have done to you.
(d) See Jeremiah 18:8
Verse Jeremiah 42:10. _FOR I REPENT ME OF THE EVIL_] The meaning is, As I have punished you only because you continued to be rebellious, I will arrest this punishment as soon as you become obedient t...
I REPENT ME - As punishment had been inflicted, the divine justice was satisfied....
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
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 ...
BUILD... PULL YOU DOWN... PLANT... PLUCK YOU UP. Compare Jeremiah 1:10. I REPENT ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 6:6; Deuteronomy 32:36)....
See introd. summary to the section....
_then will I build you, etc_.] Cp. Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 24:6 for these figures. _I repent me_ an anthropomorphic figure. I change my _conduct_towards you, which with _men_is commonly caused by cha...
Du. (see introd. note to section) considers Jeremiah 42:15 as wholly an addition, and Jeremiah 42:9 as containing much editorial matter....
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,...
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. IF YE WILL STIL...
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...
THEN WILL I BUILD YOU, AND NOT PULL YOU DOWN... — We note the characteristic recurrence of the formulæ with which Jeremiah’s work as a prophet had begun (Jeremiah 1:10). The word for “repent” does not...
אִם ־שֹׁ֤וב תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בָּ † אָ֣רֶץ הַ...
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...
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...
_Appeased. Hebrew, "comforted." Septuagint, "at rest." I forget (Calmet) or pardon (Haydock) the past._...
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...
He now adds, _If remaining ye will remain in this land, I will build you up and plant you, I will not pull you down nor root you up _Here the Prophet testifies that the counsel he gave them in God’s n...
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...
IF YE WILL STILL ABIDE IN THIS LAND,.... In the land of Judea, their native country, where they had always lived, and where they continued when their brethren were carried captive; and yet they though...
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. Ver. 10. _The...
_And it came to pass after ten days_ Thus long they were held in suspense, perhaps to punish them for their hypocrisy, or to show that Jeremiah did not speak of himself nor what he would; for he could...
If ye will still abide in this land, continuing to make their home in the country of their fathers, THEN WILL I BUILD YOU AND NOT PULL YOU DOWN, a figure taken from the erection of buildings, AND I WI...
The Lord's Warning Answer...
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...
That is, if you will not go into the land of Egypt, as you are thinking, but abide where you are, or in any part of Judah, under subjection to the king of Babylon, into whose power I have given you, t...
Jeremiah 42:10 still H7725 (H8800) remain H3427 (H8799) land H776 build H1129 (H8804) down H2040 ...
THE REFUGEES SEEK YHWH'S GUIDANCE THROUGH JEREMIAH BUT ON RECEIVING IT REJECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT IN WITH THEIR INCLINATIONS WITH THE CONSEQUENCE THAT JEREMIAH PROPHESIES JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM...
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...
REPENT (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 8:14). _...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 42:10 Jeremiah delivers a word of promise: God has ceased bringing DISASTER. If the people stay in Judah, God will BUILD and PLANT them, which are metaphors f
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 24:16; Acts 15:16; Amos 7:3; Amos 7:6; Deuteronomy 32:36;...
I repent — I am satisfied with the punishment your nation hath undergone, and as to the remainder, will change the course of my providence....