Jeremiah 42:19 NKJV,NLT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-22

We have here the answer which Jeremiah was sent to deliver to those who employed him to ask counsel of God. I. It did not come immediately, not till ten days after, Jer. 42:7. They were thus long held in suspense, perhaps, to punish them for their hypocrisy or to show that Jeremiah did not speak of himself, nor what he would, for he could not speak when he would, but must wait for instructions. However, it teaches us to continue waiting upon God for direction in our way. The vision is for an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19

The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah ,.... Or, "unto you" F23 עליכם "alloquitur vos", Junius & Tremellius; "ad vos", so some in Vatablus. ; by the mouth of the prophet; or, "against you" F24 "Contra vos", Calvin. ; that which was contrary to their inclination and will, as follows: go ye not into Egypt : this was the express command of God: know certainly that I have admonished you this day ; not to go into Egypt: or, "have testified unto you" ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

Go ye not into Egypt - Why? Because God knew, such was their miserable propensity to idolatry, that they would there adopt the worship of the country, and serve idols. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

Verse 19 Here the Prophet explains more fully their sin; for their punishment might have appeared extreme, had not their impiety been more clearly unfolded. He then says that this punishment ought not to be regarded as too rigid, because God had not once only protested against the Jews and admonished them in a solemn manner and before witnesses; but they to the last not, only despised his counsel and warnings, but proudly rejected them. And he adds, that they dealt falsely and perfidiously with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19

Contradictory requirements. The Jews were here required not to flee into Egypt. Joseph was warned by an angel in a dream to "arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt" ( Matthew 2:13 ). The Scriptures represent both commands as coming from God. Yet they are contradictory. This is but one instance of a discrepancy often to be met with. Let us consider the meaning of it. I. DIVINE REQUIREMENTS MAY BE OUTWARDLY CONTRADICTORY AND YET CONSISTENT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19-22

Carnal predispositions. I. THEY ARE THE GREAT SOURCES OF UNREALITY IN RELIGION . In sending Jeremiah to God they did not mean what they said. There was no honest willingness to do as the prophet might reveal. The only hope for them in their forlorn condition is thus tampered with and destroyed. It is possible that at first they may have meant well, but as they proceeded with their inquiry through the prophet they must have known that they had only one intention, which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19-22

Searching the heart. There is here a very sudden and striking turn away from the tone of the previous part of the message. God looks into the future, and, seeing what actually will happen, seeing that Egypt will maintain its attraction, he warns the people they are going towards a certain doom. Their present state was one of undue, overweening self-confidence; and God will not allow people to remain under deception as to their own weakness, if a startling and abrupt message will serve to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

The request made in Jeremiah 42:3 has been fulfilled: Yahweh has spoken. The prophet now adds these four verses as a sort of epilogue, in which he urges upon them the several points of the divine message. In the ten days which had intervened between the request and the answer Jeremiah had become aware that neither princes nor people were prepared to obey unless the answer was in accordance with their own wishes. He does therefore his best to convince them, but as usual it was his lot to speak... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 42:19

Jeremiah 42:19. The Lord hath said, Go ye not into Egypt The good prophet, knowing how much it concerned this people to believe and obey the message God had sent to them by him, repeats again what he had urged before, assuring them it was by the command of the Lord that he said it. Know certainly that I have admonished you this day Hebrew, בכם העידתי , have testified to you, or, admonished you before witnesses. “God commanded the Jews, by Moses, not to have any commerce with Egypt,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 42:7-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 42:19-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 42:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 42:19

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