^42:13“You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, ‘We will not stay in this land.’ ^42:14You must not say, ‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war,¹⁶ or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls,¹⁷ or starve for lack of food.’¹⁸^42:15If you people who remain in Judah do that, then listen to what the Lord says. The Lord God of Israel who rules over all¹⁹ says, ‘If you are so determined²⁰ to go to Egypt that you go and settle there,

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Footnotes

16 Heb “see [or experience] war.”
17 Heb “hear the sound of the trumpet.” The trumpet was used to gather the troops and to sound the alarm for battle.
18 Jer 42:13–14 are a long complex condition (protasis) whose consequence (apodosis) does not begin until v. 15. The Hebrew text of vv. 13–14 reads: 42:13 “But if you say [or continue to say (the form is a participle)], ‘We will not stay in this land’ with the result that you do not obey [or “more literally, do not hearken to the voice of] the Lord your God, 42:14 saying, ‘No, but to the land of Egypt we will go where we … and there we will live,’ 42:15 now therefore hear the word of the Lord …” The sentence has been broken up and restructured to better conform with contemporary English style but an attempt has been made to maintain the contingencies and the qualifiers that are in the longer Hebrew original.
19 Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See the study note on for the translation and significance of this title.
20 Heb “set your face to.” See Jer 42:17; 44:11; Dan 11:17; 2 Kgs 12:17 (12:18 ) for parallel usage.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,’ disobeying the voice of the Lord your God and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’ then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to enter Egypt and go to live there,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“However, if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and so disobey the Lord your God, and if you say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the trumpet or be hungry for bread,’ then hear the word of the Lord, you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ in order to disobey the Lord your God, and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,’ then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt and stay there for a while,

NLTNew Living Translation

“But if you refuse to obey the Lord your God, and if you say, ‘We will not stay here; instead, we will go to Egypt where we will be free from war, the call to arms, and hunger,’ then hear the Lord’s message to the remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and live there,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if you are saying, “We will not stay in this land,” so as to not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, saying, “No, for we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, and we will not hear the sound of a horn, and we will not be hungry for bread, and there we will stay,” then therefore hear the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “If you are determined to go to Egypt, and you go to dwell as aliens there,

KJV 1900King James Version

But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God, 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: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

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