10 If ye will dwell in this land, then I will build you, and not destroy you, and I will plant you, and not root you out: for I [a]repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

11 Fear not for the king of Babel, of whom ye are afraid: be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save you, and to deliver you [b]from his hand,

12 And I will grant you mercy that he may have compassion upon you, and he shall cause you to [c]dwell in your own land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 42:10 Read Jer. 18:8.
  2. Jeremiah 42:11 Because all kings’ hearts and ways are in his hands, he can turn them and dispose them as it pleaseth him, and therefore they need not to fear man, but only obey God, Prov. 21:1.
  3. Jeremiah 42:12 Or, return.

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