Jeremiah 42:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 42:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 42:14 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor hav..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 42:14 — KJV
“Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:”
— Jeremiah 42:14 (KJV)
Jeremiah 42:14 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 42:14
“And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. Jacob's: Heb. his”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:14: saying, land, egypt
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:14: into, land, egypt
“And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:14: land, egypt, where
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:14: saying, land, egypt
“And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; lifted...: or, sware”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 42:14: saying, land, egypt
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