Catholic Public Domain Version
"But if you say: ‘We will not live in this land, nor will we heed the voice of the Lord our God,’ "
— Jeremiah 42:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,”
“But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God, ”
“But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,”
““You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’”
“But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,”
“But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,”
“But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,”
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,
the sword which you dread will overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine, about which you are anxious, will cling to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.