Jeremiah 42:15

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;

📖 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

• 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,

• 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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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;

• 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 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'
• Jer 44:12-14 : 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
• Jer 42:17 : 17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
• Dan 11:17 : 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, nor be for him.
• Luke 9:51 : 51 And it happened, when the time had come for him to be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
• Gen 31:21 : 21 So he fled with all he had; and he rose up, and crossed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.