Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I will give you mercies, and I will take pity on you, and I will cause you to live in your own land. "
— Jeremiah 42:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.”
“And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. ”
“I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.”
“I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’”
“And I will shew mercies to you, and will take pity on you, and will cause you to dwell in your own land.”
“And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.”
“And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.”
And he said to them: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have sent me, so that I may present your petitions in his sight:
If you dwell quietly in this land, I will build you up, and I will not tear you down. I will plant you, and I will not uproot you. For now I have been appeased by the harm that I have done to you.
Do not be afraid before the face of the king of Babylon, whom you have dreaded with great fear. Do not dread him, says the Lord. For I am with you, so that I may accomplish your salvation, and so that I may rescue you from his hand.
And I will give you mercies, and I will take pity on you, and I will cause you to live in your own land.
But if you say: ‘We will not live in this land, nor will we heed the voice of the Lord our God,’
saying: ‘Never! Instead, we will travel to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, and we will not hear the blast of the trumpet, and we will not endure famine. And there we shall live.’
Because of this, hear now the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces so as to advance into Egypt, and if you enter so that you may live there,