Jeremiah 28:16
Context28:16 So the Lord says, ‘I will most assuredly remove 1 you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.’” 2
Jeremiah 42:14
Context42:14 You 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, 3 or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, 4 or starve for lack of food.’ 5
1 sn There is a play on words here in Hebrew between “did not send you” and “will…remove you.” The two verbs are from the same root word in Hebrew. The first is the simple active and the second is the intensive.
2 sn In giving people false assurances of restoration when the
3 tn Heb “see [or experience] war.”
4 tn Heb “hear the sound of the trumpet.” The trumpet was used to gather the troops and to sound the alarm for battle.
5 tn 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