Jeremiah Remains in Judah

Jeremiah 40

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord r after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from s Ramah, when he took him t bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. 2 The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, u "The Lord your God pronounced this disaster against this place. 3 The Lord has brought it about, and has done as he said. v Because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey his voice, this thing has come upon you. 4 Now, behold, I release you today from t the chains on your hands. w If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, w but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. x See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go. 5 If you remain, 1 then return to y Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, z whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go." So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go. 6 Then Jeremiah went to y Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at a Mizpah, and lived with him b among the people c who were left in the land.

7 d When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that e the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of f the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon, 8 they went to Gedaliah at a Mizpah - g Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, h Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, i Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 9 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, j and it shall be well with you. 10 As for me, I will dwell at a Mizpah, to represent you before the Chaldeans who will come to us. But as for you, l gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and store them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken." 11 Likewise, when all the Judeans who were in m Moab and among n the Ammonites and in o Edom and in other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over them, 12 p then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they q gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.

13 Now r Johanan the son of Kareah and s all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah 14 and said to him, "Do you know that Baalis the king of t the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them. 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, "Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, u and the remnant of Judah would perish?" 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:14
    Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 18:25
    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 149:8
    To bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:24
    All the nations will say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?
    Deuteronomy 29:28
    And the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:3
    Because of the evil that they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to make offerings and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
    Jeremiah 44:23
    It is because you made offerings and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.
    Deuteronomy 29:25
    Then people will say, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
    Daniel 9:10 - 12
    And have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:12
    "Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:12
    "Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 20:15
    And Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:14
    Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 41:2
    Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:5
    If you remain, then return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go." So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 41:6
    And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, "Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
    Joshua 18:26
    Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:12
    Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
    Jeremiah 39:14
    Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:10
    Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:7 - 9
    When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon.
    2 Kings 25:23 - 24
    Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:5
    If you remain, then return to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed governor of the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever you think it right to go." So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present, and let him go.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:10
    Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
    2 Kings 25:12
    But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:6
    Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:14 - 15
    And said to him, "Do you know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them.
    Jeremiah 40:16
    But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.
    Jeremiah 41:1 - 3
    In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:13
    Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
    Jeremiah 40:15 - 16
    Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, "Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?
    Jeremiah 42:1
    Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near
    Jeremiah 42:8
    Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 42:1
    Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:20
    Jeremiah said, "You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:6
    Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:12
    Then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.
  26. Cross References
    Numbers 22:1
    Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
    2 Samuel 8:2
    And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
  27. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:1
    Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.
    1 Samuel 12:12
    And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 36:8
    So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom.)
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 43:5
    But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven -
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:10
    As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah, to represent you before the Chaldeans who will come to us. But as for you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and store them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:8
    They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah - Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
    Jeremiah 40:15 - 16
    Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, "Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?
    Jeremiah 42:1
    Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near
    Jeremiah 42:8
    Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 41:11
    But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done.
    Jeremiah 42:1
    Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 41:10
    Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
  34. Cross References
    Jeremiah 42:2
    And said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the Lord your God for us, for all this remnant - because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us -
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