Jeremiah 42:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-22

We have here the answer which Jeremiah was sent to deliver to those who employed him to ask counsel of God. I. It did not come immediately, not till ten days after, Jer. 42:7. They were thus long held in suspense, perhaps, to punish them for their hypocrisy or to show that Jeremiah did not speak of himself, nor what he would, for he could not speak when he would, but must wait for instructions. However, it teaches us to continue waiting upon God for direction in our way. The vision is for an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:13

But if ye say, we will not dwell in this land ,.... Or continue any longer in it, but go into Egypt:, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God ; or, "so as not to hearken to" or "obey", &c.; F21 לבלתי שמע "ita ut non auscultetis", Piscator, Cocceius; "ut non obediatis", Pagninus, Schmidt; "ut non audiatis", so some in Vatablus. ; for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had promised they would; but resolving, against his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

Verse 13 God having promised, that the counsel he gave to the Jews would be good and safe, now, on the other hand, threatens them, that if they disobeyed, everything they would attempt would end miserably. They had not expressly asked whether it would be for their good to go into Egypt, or whether it would be pleasing to God; but God, who penetrates into all hidden purposes, anticipated them, and declared that their going would be unhappy, if they fled into Egypt. We hence see how the Prophet,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-18

Man's utter dependence upon God. These verses plainly show this much forgotten but never failing truth. They tell how the land of Judah, desolate, unprotected, and oppressed, could be and should be made a happy land for them. Whilst Egypt, the land they hoped so much from, should bring on them all the sorrows which they thought by going there to escape. Thus we are taught that it is according to God's favour our lives are blessed or unblessed, bright or dark. Mere circumstances are unable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:13-18

A land to be avoided. How solemn and urgent this warning! Let us ask why it was needed, why God seemed thus to cast doubt on the power of the people to obey him. I. THE PERILOUS LAND WAS NEAR . They were right in the way to Egypt, having, indeed, moved Egyptwards rather than in any other direction ( Jeremiah 41:17 ). II. IT HAD OBVIOUS ATTRACTIONS . 1 . It seemed to be a land of peace. Egypt had been locked to as a friend and ally. The desolation of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 42:13-18

Jeremiah 42:13-18. But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey Hebrew, לבלתי שׁמע , so as not to obey. If they did not continue in their own land, they disobeyed the voice of the Lord. Saying, No; we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, &c. Their great sin was unbelief: they would not take the promise of God as a security to them for a quiet and peaceable abode, and a supply of all their wants, in Judea: but they resolved to go into Egypt,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

Jeremiah opposes going to Egypt (42:1-22)As Jeremiah had been living at Mizpah, he was probably among the people who had been captured by Ishmael and who were now thinking of fleeing to Egypt. These people therefore asked him to seek God’s guidance for them (42:1-3). Jeremiah agreed to their request, and they promised to do whatever God said, whether it pleased them or not (4-6).After ten days Jeremiah received God’s answer, and quickly passed it on to the people (7-9). God’s directions were... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

WARNINGS AGAINST DISOBEDIENCE"But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God. saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 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 Egypt, and go to sojourn there; then it shall come to pass,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

13. if ye say, &c.—avowed rebellion against God, who had often ( :-), as now, forbidden their going to Egypt, lest they should be entangled in its idolatry. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:13-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 42:13-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 42:13

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