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Jeremiah 42:4

in Jeremiah 42

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass that whatsoever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

KJV

Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

This verse in Jeremiah 42

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ministers may hence learn, 1. Conscientiously to pray for those who desire their prayers: I will pray for you according to your words. Though they had slighted him, yet, like Samuel when he was slighted, he will not sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for them, 1 Sam. xii.

This site's exposition

all the people from the least to the greatest

on Jeremiah 42:1-6

The commanders and “all the people” ask Jeremiah to pray and to tell them “the way we should walk and the thing we should do.” They bind themselves with an oath: “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word.”

This site's exposition

I will not withhold a word from you

Jeremiah agrees to pray and to withhold nothing. Henry compares him to Samuel, who would keep praying for a people that had slighted him (1 Samuel 12:23). Jamieson, Fausset and Brown say the words your God remind the people they belong to the LORD and must do what he wills.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They promise to obey his voice because they sent the prophet to him to consult him. Note, We do not truly desire to know the mind of God if we do not fully resolve to comply with it when we do know it. It is an implicit universal obedience that they here promise.
Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The message at large which God sent them, in answer to their enquiry, in which, 1. They are commanded and encouraged to continue in the land of Judah, and assured that if they did so it should be well with them,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

I have heard--that is, I accede to your request. your God--Being His by adoption, ye are not your own, and are bound to whatever He wills (Ex 19:5, 6;

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The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֲלֵיהֶ֜םto them

    ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֤הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • הַנָּבִיא֙the prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • שָׁמַ֔עְתִּיI have heard

    shama'tiH8085 →1159 times

  • הִנְנִ֧יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • מִתְפַּלֵּ֛ל[am] about to pray

    mitpalelH6419 →84 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖םGod your

    ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times

  • כְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֑םaccording to words your

    kedivreikhemH1697 →1440 times

  • וְֽהָיָ֡הand it will be

    vehayahH1961 →3559 times

  • כָּֽל־every

    kal-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַדָּבָר֩<the> word

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יַעֲנֶ֨הhe will answer

    yaanehH6030 →331 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • אַגִּ֣ידI will tell

    ʾagidH5046 →370 times

  • לָכֶ֔םto <the> you

    lakhem

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • אֶמְנַ֥עI will withhold

    ʾemna'H4513 →29 times

  • מִכֶּ֖םfrom <the> you

    mikem

  • דָּבָֽר׃a word

    davarH1697 →1440 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Samuel 12:23

    As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 1:9

      For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…

    • Romans 1:9

      God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

    • 2 Timothy 1:3

      I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

    • 1 Thessalonians 3:10

      Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.

    • 1 Kings 8:36

      then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain…

  • Through

    Psalms 40:10

    I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

    it leads to

    • Romans 1:16–17

      I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

    • Acts 20:20–21

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

  • Through

    Jeremiah 23:28

    Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 1:12

      I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

About Jeremiah

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.