Jeremiah 42:22
in Jeremiah 42Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn there.
KJV
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
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This verse in Jeremiah 42
Commentary
6 notes on this verseFamine and pestilence shall pursue these sinners; for there is no place privileged from divine arrests, nor can any malefactors go out of God's jurisdiction. You shall die in the place whither you desire to go. Note, We know not what is good for ourselves; and that often proves afflictive, and sometimes fatal, which we are most fond of and have our hearts most set upon.
This site's exposition
Know for sure that I have warned you today!
on Jeremiah 42:19-22
Jeremiah exposes the request as deceit: “you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God.” The plan to go to Egypt was made before they asked him to pray. “I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God.”
This site's exposition
you will die in the place where you desire to go
Sword, famine and plague close the word of the LORD as they closed verse 17. Henry says the place the heart is most set on often proves the place of death, and no one can go where God cannot reach. Adam Clarke says their doom was sealed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now therefore know certainly,....
But it should seem as if they knew not that a prophet was among them. Though this people were as brands plucked out of the fire, yet have they not returned to the Lord. This people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; and contempt of God and his providence, God and his prophets, is still the sin that most easily besets them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Now therefore know certainly - As ye have determined to disobey, God has determined to punish. Ye may now follow the full bent of your wicked devices, and I will follow the requisitions of my justice. Ye shall die by the sword, by the pestilence, and by the famine, in the place whither ye desire to go to sojourn. Thus was their doom sealed. With such dispositions and with such rebellion of heart, it is strange that they should put themselves to any trouble to inquire of the Lord relative to their future operations.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּה֙ | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| יָדֹ֣עַ | yadoa' | assuredly <know> | H3045 → | 945 times |
| תֵּֽדְע֔וּ | tedeu | you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּ֗י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בַּחֶ֛רֶב | bacherev | by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| בָּרָעָ֥ב | baraav | by <the> famine | H7458 → | 101 times |
| וּבַדֶּ֖בֶר | uvadever | and by <the> pestilence | H1698 → | 49 times |
| תָּמ֑וּתוּ | tamutu | you will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בַּמָּקוֹם֙ | bamakom | in the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חֲפַצְתֶּ֔ם | chafatztem | you desire | H2654 → | 74 times |
| לָב֖וֹא | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לָג֥וּר | lagur | to sojourn | H1481 → | 97 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ ס | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וְעַתָּה֙and therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
יָדֹ֣עַassuredly <know>
yadoa'H3045 →945 times
תֵּֽדְע֔וּyou will know
tedeuH3045 →945 times
כִּ֗יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בַּחֶ֛רֶבby the sword
bacherevH2719 →413 times
בָּרָעָ֥בby <the> famine
baraavH7458 →101 times
וּבַדֶּ֖בֶרand by <the> pestilence
uvadeverH1698 →49 times
תָּמ֑וּתוּyou will die
tamutuH4191 →839 times
בַּמָּקוֹם֙in the place
bamakomH4725 →401 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חֲפַצְתֶּ֔םyou desire
chafatztemH2654 →74 times
לָב֖וֹאto go
lavo'H935 →2568 times
לָג֥וּרto sojourn
lagurH1481 →97 times
שָֽׁם׃ סthere
shamH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 9:6For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
it leads to
- Hosea 10:8
The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…
- Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
- Hosea 10:8
Through
Jeremiah 43:11He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:2
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
- Jeremiah 44:13
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
- Jeremiah 15:2
Through
Ezekiel 6:11This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every…
- Ezekiel 5:12
Through
Jeremiah 42:17So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:13–14
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
- Jeremiah 44:28
Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will…
- Jeremiah 24:10
And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
- Jeremiah 44:13–14
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.