Jeremiah 42:2 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 42:2

Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us),

KJV

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

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Commentary

1 voice

Theodoret of Cyrus

ON JEREMIAH 8:42 (458)

Their words are full of piety but do not agree with their actions. When ten days had passed, the prophet obtained his reply. But I think that the delay of the response was for the benefit of those who had made the request, so that …

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
אֶֽל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	Jeremiah	H3414 →
הַנָּבִ֗יא	ha.na.Vi'	the prophet	H5030 →
תִּפָּל־	ti.pol-	may it fall	H5307 →
נָ֤א	na'	please	H4994 →
תְחִנָּתֵ֙נוּ֙	te.chi.na.Te.nu	supplication our	H8467 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
וְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל	ve.hit.pa.Lel	and pray	H6419 →
בַּעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙	ba.'a.De.nu	for us	H1157 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →
בְּעַ֖ד	be.'Ad	for	H1157 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַשְּׁאֵרִ֣ית	ha.she.'e.Rit	the remnant	H7611 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נִשְׁאַ֤רְנוּ	nish.'Ar.nu	we are left	H7604 →
מְעַט֙	me.'At	a few	H4592 →
מֵֽהַרְבֵּ֔ה	me.har.Beh	from many	H7235 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
עֵינֶ֖יךָ	'ei.Nei.kha	eyes your	H5869 →
רֹא֥וֹת	ro.'ot	[are] seeing	H7200 →
אֹתָֽנוּ׃	'o.Ta.nu	<obj.> us	H853 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 1:9
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
leads to
- Romans 9:29
  It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- Isaiah 37:31–32
  And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- Genesis 19:24
  Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Lamentations 3:22
  Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Through
Jeremiah 37:3
Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
leads to
- Jeremiah 21:1–2
  This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
Through
Leviticus 26:22
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:24
  They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- Ezekiel 14:15
  Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
Through
Jeremiah 36:7
Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:3
  Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their…