Jeremiah 42:1-6

Legacy Standard Bible

The People Ask Jeremiah to Pray

42 Then all the ^[a]commanders of the military forces, ^(A)Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people ^(B)both small and great approached ² and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our ^(C)supplication ^[b]come before you, and ^(D)pray for us to Yahweh your God, that is for all this remnant, because we remain but a ^(E)few out of many, as your own eyes now see us, ³ that Yahweh your God may tell us the ^(F)way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.” ⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to ^(G)pray to Yahweh your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole ^[c]message which ^(H)Yahweh will answer you. I will ^(I)not keep back a word from you.” ⁵ And they said to Jeremiah, “May ^(J)Yahweh be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole ^[d]message with which Yahweh your God will send you to us. ⁶ Whether it is good or bad, we will ^(K)listen to the voice of Yahweh our God to whom we are sending you, so that good ^(L)may come to us when we listen to the voice of Yahweh our God.”