Jeremiah 42:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now therefore hear the word of the LORD, remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are determined to go to Egypt and settle there,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֕ה לָכֵ֛ן שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־אַ֠תֶּם שׂ֣וֹם תְּשִׂמ֤וּן פְּנֵיכֶם֙ לָבֹ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וּבָאתֶ֖ם לָג֥וּר שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

And-ʿattāh, therefore, šimʿû dəḇar-YHWH šəʾêrîṯ yəhûḏāh; thus-ʾāmar YHWH ṣəḇāʾôṯ ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl, if-you śôm təśîmûn pənêḵem to-lāḇōʾ miṣrayim and-you-ûḇāʾṯem to-lāgûr there.

Grammar Details

• *ʿattāh*: adverb - now
• *šimʿû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - hear
• *dəḇar*: masculine singular construct - word of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *šəʾêrîṯ*: feminine singular construct - remnant of
• *yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he said
• *ṣəḇāʾôṯ*: masculine plural noun - of hosts/armies
• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *śôm*: Qal infinitive absolute - placing/setting
• *təśîmûn*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you will place/set
• *pənêḵem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your faces
• *lāḇōʾ*: Qal infinitive construct - to come/enter
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ûḇāʾṯem*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - and you will come/enter
• *lāgûr*: Qal infinitive construct - to dwell/sojourn

Word Meanings

• *ʿattāh*: now/at this time
• *šimʿû*: hear/listen/pay attention to
• *dəḇar*: word/message/oracle
• *šəʾêrîṯ*: remnant/remainder/survivors
• *ṣəḇāʾôṯ*: of hosts/armies
• *śôm təśîmûn*: emphatically set/surely place
• *pənêḵem*: your faces/attention/determination
• *lāḇōʾ*: to come/enter/go
• *ûḇāʾṯem*: and you will come/enter
• *lāgûr*: to dwell/sojourn/live as foreigners

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  now therefore hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O remnant{H7611} of Judah:{H3063} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} If ye indeed{H7760} set{H7760} your faces{H6440} to enter{H935} into Egypt,{H4714} and go{H935} to sojourn{H1481} there;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And now therefore hear{H8085}{(H8798)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, ye remnant{H7611} of Judah{H3063}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; If ye wholly{H7760}{(H8800)} set{H7760}{(H8799)} your faces{H6440} to enter{H935}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}, and go{H935}{(H8804)} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore heare now the worde of the LORDE, o ye remnaunt of Iuda. Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: Yf ye be whole purposed to go in to Egipte, ad to be there as straugers:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (And nowe therefore heare the worde of the Lorde, ye remnant of Iudah: thus sayeth the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, If ye set your faces to enter into Egypt, and goe to dwell there)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherfore heare nowe the worde of the Lorde O ye remnaunt of Iuda, Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: If ye be wholly purposed to go into Egypt, and to dwell there as straungers,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  now therefore hear you the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And now, therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  now therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;

• World English Bible (2000)

  now therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to live there;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you people who remain in Judah do that, then listen to the LORD’s message. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel has said,‘If you are so determined to go to Egypt that you go and settle there,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 17:16 : 16 The king must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more horses, for the LORD has told you, 'You are not to go back that way again.'
• Jer 44:12-14 : 12 I will take the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword and perish by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by the sword and famine. They will become an object of cursing and astonishment, a curse and a reproach. 13 And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt as I punished Jerusalem, with the sword, famine, and pestilence. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have come to live as foreigners in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. They are longing to return to live there, but none will return except a few fugitives.
• Jer 42:17 : 17 All who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine, and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.
• Dan 11:17 : 17 He will set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, making agreements, and will give a daughter of women in marriage to destroy it. But his plan will not succeed or help him.
• Luke 9:51 : 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem.
• Gen 31:21 : 21 So Jacob fled with all he had. He crossed the river and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.