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Jeremiah 42 Translation Questions
Q? What did all the army commanders and all the people say to Jeremiah?
A. They asked him to pray for them and to tell them the way they should go and what they should do. [42:1-3]
Q? How did Jeremiah answer them?
A. He said he would pray for them and tell them whatever Yahweh answers. [42:4]
Q? Then what did the people say to Jeremiah?
A. They said they would do everything Yahweh told them to do. [42:5-6]
Q? What happened after ten days?
A. After ten days, the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah. [42:7]
Q? What did Yahweh say he would do because he was with them?
A. He said that he would save them, give them mercy and compassion, and bring them back to their land. [42:11-12]
Q? What did Yahweh say would happen if the people actually went to Egypt to live there?
A. If they went to live in Egypt, Yahweh said they would all die there by sword, famine, and plague. [42:15-17]
Q? What will become of them if they go to Egypt?
A. They will become an object of cursing and they will never return. [42:18]
Q? Why will the people never see the land again?
A. Yahweh has told them not to go to Egypt, and he will be angry with them if they go. [42:19]
Q? Why will the people pay for their lives for going to Egypt?
A. They will pay with their lives because they asked Jeremiah to give them Yahweh's message, but they will not do what Yahweh tells them to do. [42:20-22]