Jeremiah 42:19 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁹ Yahweh hath spoken concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Do not enter into Egypt: Know certainly, that I have taken you to witness today.

¹⁶ Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses, neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses,––when, Yahweh, hath said unto you, Ye shall not again return this way any more.

²¹ And it shall come to pass, when many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, then shall this Song respond to their face, as a witness, for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their seed, for I know their imagination, which they are forming today, ere yet I bring them into the land of which I sware unto their fathers.

¹⁹ And he sent among them prophets, to bring them back unto Yahweh,––and they testified against them, but they would not give ear.

²⁶ But they murmured and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and, thy prophets, they slew, who testified against them that they might turn them back unto thee,––and they wrought great insults.

²⁹ and didst testify against them, to bring them back unto thy law, yet, they, dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and, against thy regulations, they sinned, the which––if any son of earth shall do––then shall he live by them,––and yielded a rebellious shoulder, and, their neck, they stiffened, and hearkened not. ³⁰ And thou didst suffer many years to pass over them, and didst testify against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets, yet did they not give ear,––therefore didst thou deliver them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

¹ Alas! for sons who are rebellious, Declareth Yahweh. Executing a purpose, but not from me, And pouring out a libation, but not from my spirit,––That they may add sin to sin: ² Who are setting out to go down to Egypt, But, at my mouth, have not asked,––Betaking them to the protection of Pharaoh, And seeking refuge under the shadow of Egypt. ³ Therefore shall, the protection of Pharaoh, become to you, a shame, And, the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, an insult; ⁴ For, their princes, have been, in Zoan,––And, their messengers, unto Hanes, would draw near. ⁵ Every one, hath felt ashamed of a people that could not serve them,––Neither with help, nor with service, But they are a shame, yea even a reproach. ⁶ The Oracle on the Beasts of the South,––Through a land of distress and oppression––Lioness and lion coming therefrom, Viper and fiery flying serpent, They would carry, on the shoulders of young asses, their wealth, And, on the humps of camels, their treasures, Unto a people that cannot serve them. ⁷ But, the Egyptians, with vanity and emptiness, would help,––Therefore, have I proclaimed concerning this, Insolent! they, sit still!

¹ Alas! for them who are going down to Egypt for help, On horses, would rely,––And have trusted––In chariots––because they are many, and, In horsemen, because they are very bold, But have not looked unto the Holy One of Israel, And, onto Yahweh, have not sought. ² But, he also, is wise, and hath brought in calamity, And, his own words, hath he not set aside,––Therefore will he rise up, Against the house of evil–doers, and, Against the help of the workers of iniquity. ³ Now, the Egyptians, are, men, and not, GOD, And, their horses, flesh, and not, spirit; When, Yahweh, shall stretch out his hand, Then, he that is giving help, shall stumble, And, he that is receiving help, shall fall, And, together, shall, all of them, vanish!

²¹ But, if thou, art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed, me:––

⁵ And, they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for, a perverse house, they are, shall then know that, a prophet, hath been in their midst.

²¹ whereas, when, thou, hast warned a righteous man, That a righteous man, must not sin, and, he, hath not sinned, he shall, surely live, in that he took warning, and, thou, hast delivered, thine own soul.

¹⁵ But he hath rebelled against him, by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant, and escape?

⁴⁰ And, with many different words, bare he frail witness, and went on exhorting them saying––Be saved from this perverse generation!

²⁶ Wherefore I take you to witness, on this very day, that, pure am I from the blood of all; ²⁷ for I have not shrunk from announcing all the counsel of God unto you.

¹⁷ This, therefore, am I saying and protesting in the Lord:––that, no longer, ye walk even as, the nations, walk––in the vanity of their minds,

⁶ Not over–reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things,––even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.