Jeremiah 42:4
The prophet Jeremiah answered them,“Agreed! I will indeed pray to the LORD your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the LORD replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you.”
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- Exod 8:29 : 29 Moses said,“I am going to go out from you and pray to the LORD, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the LORD.”
- 1 Sam 3:17-18 : 17 Eli said,“What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!” 18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”
- 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
- Ps 40:10 : 10 I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.
- Jer 23:28 : 28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it!
- Acts 20:20 : 20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:27 : 27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
- Rom 10:1 : 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
- Ezek 2:7 : 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.
- 1 Kgs 22:14-16 : 14 But Micaiah said,“As certainly as the LORD lives, I will say what the LORD tells me to say.” 15 When he came before the king, the king asked him,“Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him,“Attack! You will succeed; the LORD will hand it over to the king.” 16 The king said to him,“How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the LORD to tell me only the truth?”
- 2 Chr 18:13-15 : 13 But Micaiah said,“As certainly as the LORD lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!” 14 Micaiah came before the king and the king asked him,“Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him,“Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” 15 The king said to him,“How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the LORD to tell me only the truth?”
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- Jer 42:5-73 verses81%
5They answered Jeremiah,“May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the LORD your God sends you to tell us to do.
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.”
7Ten days later the LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.
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9Then Jeremiah said to them,“You sent me to the LORD God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:
- Jer 42:1-33 verses76%
1The Survivors Ask the Lord for Advice but Refuse to Follow It Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and all the people of every class, went to the prophet Jeremiah.
2They said to him,“Please grant our request and pray to the LORD your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.
3Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”
- Jer 42:20-212 verses76%
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.
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12When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.
- Jer 28:5-73 verses74%
5Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the LORD’s temple.
6The prophet Jeremiah said,“Amen! May the LORD do all this! May the LORD make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the LORD’s temple and the people who were carried into exile.
7But listen to what I say to you and to all these people.
- 2 Kgs 22:18-192 verses74%
18Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said concerning the words you have heard:
19‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
- 2 Chr 34:26-272 verses74%
26Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the LORD:“This is what the LORD God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:
27‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
- Jer 38:25-273 verses73%
25The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say,‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.’
26If they do this, tell them,‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’”
27All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation.
- Jer 44:16-172 verses73%
16“We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us!
17Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
- Jer 26:12-132 verses73%
12Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people.“The LORD sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.
13But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the LORD your God. If you do, the LORD will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.
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28When the LORD heard you speaking to me, he said to me,“I have heard what these people have said to you– they have spoken well.
- Jer 38:14-152 verses73%
14Jeremiah Responds to Zedekiah’s Request for Secret Advice Some time later Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah brought to him at the third entrance of the LORD’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah,“I would like to ask you a question. Do not hide anything from me when you answer.”
15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“If I answer you, you will certainly kill me. If I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
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3The Lord Responds to Zedekiah’s Hope for Help King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah to say,“Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf.”
- Jer 35:17-182 verses72%
17So I, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say:“I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”
18Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community,“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.’
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12Then the LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.
- Jer 36:3-42 verses71%
3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.”
4So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then, Baruch wrote down in a scroll all of the LORD’s words which he had told to Jeremiah as they came from his mouth.
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37Each of you should merely ask the prophet,‘What answer did the LORD give you? Or what did the LORD say?’
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6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!
- Jer 30:1-22 verses71%
1Introduction to the Book of Consolation The LORD spoke to Jeremiah.
2“The LORD God of Israel says,‘Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll.
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3Jeremiah answered them,“Tell Zedekiah
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1Jeremiah finished telling all the people all these things the LORD their God had sent him to tell them.
- Jer 36:7-82 verses71%
7Perhaps then they will ask the LORD for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the LORD has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people.”
8So Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what the prophet Jeremiah had told him to do. He read what the LORD had said from the scroll in the temple of the LORD.
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6The LORD’s message came to the prophet Jeremiah,
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2“Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.
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26The Lord Answers Jeremiah’s Prayer The LORD’s message came to Jeremiah.
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12The LORD’s message came to Jeremiah,
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20Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way.
- Jer 40:2-32 verses70%
2The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him,“The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster.
3Now he has brought it about. The LORD has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the LORD and did not obey him.
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6So now, Jeremiah said,“The LORD’s message came to me,
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3‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’