Jeremiah 42:3 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 42:3

That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

KJV

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ASV

that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

WEB

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

YLT

and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'

DBT

that Jehovah thyGod may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

About this book

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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19 verses on the floor

Psalms 86:11
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Micah 4:2
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Psalms 25:4–5
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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The message at large which God sent them, in answer to their enquiry, in which, 1. They are commanded and encouraged to continue in the land of Judah, and assured that if they did so it should be well with them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Pray to the Lord thy God, for we are unworthy to call him ours, nor have we reason to expect any favour from him." 3. With a great sense of their need of divine direction. They speak of themselves as objects of compassion: " We are but a remnant, but a few of many; how easily will such a remnant be swallowed up, and yet it is a pity that it should.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He who has resolved on this or that point, pretends that he is in doubt, and held in suspense; he asks what ought to be done: if the answer be according to his wishes, he embraces what is said; but if he who is consulted, disapproves of what he has already resolved to do, he rejects the counsel given.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as wishing Him to authorize what they had already determined on, whether agreeable to His will or not.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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