Jeremiah 42

{{Short description|Book of Jeremiah, chapter 42}} {{For|Jeremiah 42 in the Septuagint|Jeremiah 35}} {{Bible chapter|letname= Jeremiah 42 |previouslink= Jeremiah 41 |previousletter= chapter 41 |nextlink= Jeremiah 43 |nextletter= chapter 43 |book=Book of Jeremiah |biblepart=Old Testament | booknum= 24 |hbiblepart= Nevi'im | hbooknum = 6 |category= Latter Prophets | filename= Aleppo-HighRes2-Neviim6-Jeremiah (page 1 crop).jpg |size=242px |caption=<div style="width: 242px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing the Book of Jeremiah (the sixth book in Nevi'im).</div>}} '''Jeremiah 42''' is the forty-second chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a narrative section consisting of chapters 37 to 44.{{sfn|Coogan|2007|pp= 1137-1138 Hebrew Bible}} Chapters 42-44 describe the emigration to Egypt involving the remnant who remained in Judah after much of the population was exiled to Babylon.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=520}} In this chapter, the leaders of the community ask Jeremiah to seek divine guidance as to whether they should go to Egypt or remain in Judah, but they are found to be hypocrites<ref>{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|42:20|NKJV}}</ref> in asking for advice which they intended to ignore.

==Text== The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 22 verses.

===Textual witnesses=== Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}} Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 2QJer (2Q13; 1st century CE<ref>{{cite book |last = Sweeney |first = Marvin A. |title =Form and Intertextuality in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature |volume = 45 |series=Forschungen zum Alten Testament |issn = 0940-4155 |edition=reprint |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |year= 2010 |pages=66 |isbn=9781608994182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIxMAwAAQBAJ }}</ref>), with extant verses 7‑11, 14.<ref>{{Cite book|title = A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature|last = Fitzmyer|first = Joseph A.| author-link = Joseph Fitzmyer | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TILXeWJ2eNAC | year = 2008 | pages = 26 |isbn = 9780802862419 | location = Grand Rapids, MI | access-date= February 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | editor-last = Ulrich | editor-first = Eugene | editor-link = Eugene Ulrich | title = The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants | year = 2010 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls/page/n594 578]–579 | publisher = Brill | url = https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls |access-date= May 15, 2017 | isbn= 9789004181830}}</ref>

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus ('''B'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>B</sup>; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus ('''S'''; BHK: <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>S</sup>; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus ('''A'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>A</sup>; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus ('''Q'''; <math> \mathfrak{G}</math><sup>Q</sup>; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}

===Verse numbering=== The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and Vulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in the Septuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from ''Brenton's Septuagint'', page 971.<ref name="ccel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccel.org/bible/brenton/Jeremiah/appendix.html|title=Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint|website=www.ccel.org}}</ref>

The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on ''Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta'' (1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in ''Göttingen LXX''. ''Swete's Introduction'' mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS).<ref name="ccel"/>

{| class=wikitable !Hebrew, Vulgate, English!!Rahlfs' LXX (CATSS) |- |align=center|'''42''':1-22 |align=center|49:1-22 |- |align=center|35:1-19 |align=center|'''42''':1-19 |}

==Parashot== The ''parashah'' sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.<ref>As reflected in the [http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English].</ref> Jeremiah 42 is a part of the "''Sixteenth prophecy (Jeremiah 40-45)''" in the section of ''Prophecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (Jeremiah 26-45)''. {P}: open ''parashah''; {S}: closed ''parashah''. : {P} 42:1-6 {P} 42:7-22 {S}

==Verses 1-6== The survivors of Ishmael's rebellion came to Jeremiah, who might be among the captives freed by Johanan and his forces (Jeremiah 41:16),{{sfn|Coogan|2007|p=1144 Hebrew Bible}} requesting him to intercede and ask God's will on their behalf, as they were uncertain what to do.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=520}}

===Verse 3=== :''"that the Lord your God may show us the way in which we should walk and the thing we should do."''<ref>{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|42:3|NKJV}} NKJV</ref> The people sought Jeremiah for advice with regard to their plan to escape to Egypt.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=520}}

==Verse 10b== New King James Version: :''... For I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|42:10|NKJV}} NKJV</ref> Alternative interpretations include: *King James Version, American Standard Version: '' I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.''<ref>{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|42:10|KJV}} KJV</ref> *Amplified Bible: ''I will relent and be satisfied concerning the disaster that I have inflicted on you [as discipline, and I will replace judgment with compassion].''<ref>{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|42:10|AMP}} AMP</ref> *Jerusalem Bible: ''I am sorry for the evil I have done you.''<ref>Jerusalem Bible (1966), Jeremiah 42:10b</ref> *Oxford Bible Commentary: ''YHWH grieves over the disaster 'I . . . brought upon you'''.<ref>Barton, J. and Muddiman, J., eds. (2001), ''Jeremiah'' in ''Oxford Bible Commentary'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-927718-6}}</ref>

Biblical commentator A. W. Streane describes the King James Version's wording as "an anthropomorphic figure", as if God's intention was to change '''conduct''' towards the people of Judah, "which with men is commonly caused by change of '''purpose'''".<ref>Streane, A. W., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/jeremiah/42.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges] on Jeremiah 42, accessed 3 April 2019</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Bible}} *Babylon *Egypt *Ishmael son of Nethaniah *Jerusalem *Related Bible part: Jeremiah 41, Jeremiah 43, Jeremiah 44

==References== {{Reflist}}

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==External links==

===Jewish=== *[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1142.htm Jeremiah 42 Hebrew with Parallel English]

===Christian=== *[http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=28&c=42 Jeremiah 42, English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate]

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