Jeremiah 42:13
“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’
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Referenced Verses
- Jer 44:16 : 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us!
- Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”
- Jer 42:10 : 10 ‘If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.
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- Jer 42:14-163 verses88%
14You must not say,‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.’
15If 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,
16the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there.
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14The Consequences of Disobedience“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments–
- Deut 1:26-272 verses76%
26Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the LORD your God.
27You complained among yourselves privately and said,“Because the LORD hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!
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16“We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us!
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15But if you don’t obey the LORD and rebel against what the LORD says, the hand of the LORD will be against both you and your king.
- Deut 1:41-433 verses76%
41Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.
42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”
43I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the LORD and recklessly went up to the hill country.
- Jer 42:18-225 verses75%
18For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. You will never see this place again.’
19“The LORD has told you people who remain in Judah,‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now.
20You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’
21This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the LORD your God by doing what he sent me to tell you.
22So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live.”
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4So Johanan son of Kareah, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people did not obey the LORD’s command to stay in the land of Judah.
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6We will obey what the LORD our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”
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15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”
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10I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”
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23And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you,“Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the LORD your God and would neither believe nor obey him.
- Num 16:13-142 verses74%
13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?
14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”
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45Then you came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever.
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9If they say to us,‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.
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6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’
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12Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt,‘Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!’”
- Num 14:41-422 verses73%
41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!
42Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.
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21But if you refuse to surrender, the LORD has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:
- Num 14:8-92 verses73%
8If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey.
9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the LORD is with us. Do not fear them!”
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12I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’
- Num 14:3-42 verses73%
3Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4So they said to one another,“Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
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39Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,
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12Punishment of Community Idolatry Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you as a place to live, that
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16You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.
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15And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.
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32However, through all this you did not have confidence in the LORD your God,
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19“So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask,‘Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?’ tell them,‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.’
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7They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the LORD, and came to Tahpanhes.
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10‘If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.
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12“These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said,‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
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18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.
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2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?
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23they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
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29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!