Verse 10

Jeremiah 42:10

GOD'S WORD Translation

10 ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם שׁ֤וֹב תֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֔את וּ/בָנִ֤יתִי אֶתְ/כֶם֙ וְ/לֹ֣א אֶהֱרֹ֔ס וְ/נָטַעְתִּ֥י אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם וְ/לֹ֣א אֶתּ֑וֹשׁ כִּ֤י נִחַ֨מְתִּי֙ אֶל הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָ/כֶֽם
English Translation
If you will return to this land, I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster that I brought upon you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 42 Context
1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah... Focus ↗
2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for... Focus ↗
3 that Yahweh your God (Elohim) may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we sh... Focus ↗
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God (E... Focus ↗
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do acco... Focus ↗
6 Whether it is good, or whether it is bad, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God (Elohim), to whom... Focus ↗
7 After ten days, Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah. Focus ↗
8 Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and... Focus ↗
9 and said to them, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplicat... Focus ↗
10 ‘If you will still live in this land, then I will build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant...
11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh... Focus ↗
12 I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land. Focus ↗
13 “‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land;” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God (Elohim)’... Focus ↗
14 saying, “No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war, nor hear the sound of... Focus ↗
15 now therefore hear Yahweh’s word, O remnant of Judah: Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel,... Focus ↗
16 then it will happen that the sword, which you fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; an... Focus ↗
17 So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by... Focus ↗
18 For Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and my wrath has been poured ou... Focus ↗
19 “Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, ‘Don’t go into Egypt!’ Know certainly that I ha... Focus ↗
20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God (Elohim),... Focus ↗
21 I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God (Elohim)’s voice in anythin... Focus ↗
22 Now therefore know certainly that you will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence in... Focus ↗