and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our (A)pleading [a]come before you, and (B)pray for us to the Lord your God for all this remnant—since we have been left only a (C)few out of many, just as your own eyes now see us— that the Lord your God will tell us the (D)way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.” Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to (E)pray to the Lord your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole [b]message which the (F)Lord gives you as an answer. I will (G)not withhold a word from you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 42:2 Lit fall
  2. Jeremiah 42:4 Lit word

Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray(A) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.(B) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few(C) are left. Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”(D)

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray(E) to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell(F) you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”(G)

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