Jeremiah 42:14
ContextNETBible | 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, 1 or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, 2 or starve for lack of food.’ 3 |
XREF | Ex 16:3; Ex 17:3; Nu 11:5; Nu 16:13; De 29:19; Isa 30:16; Isa 31:1; Jer 4:19,21; Jer 41:17; Jer 43:7 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “see [or experience] war.” 2 tn Heb “hear the sound of the trumpet.” The trumpet was used to gather the troops and to sound the alarm for battle. 3 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 |