Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard. Indeed, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words, and it shall be, that (A)whatever the Lord answers you, I will declare it to you. I will (B)keep nothing back from you.”

So they said to Jeremiah, (C)“Let the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the Lord your God sends us by you. Whether it is [a]pleasing or [b]displeasing, we will (D)obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send you, (E)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 42:6 Lit. good
  2. Jeremiah 42:6 Lit. evil

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

Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true(D) and faithful(E) witness(F) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well(G) with us, for we will obey(H) the Lord our God.”

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