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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 40

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Chapter 40 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ The word that occurred to Jeremiah from Jehovah after Neb·uʹzar·adʹan1 the chief of the bodyguard sent him from Raʹmah,2 when he took him while he was bound with handcuffs in the midst of all the exiles of Jerusalem and of Judah, who were being taken into exile in Babylon.3
  2. Then the chief of the bodyguard took Jeremiah and said to him: “Jehovah your God himself spoke this calamity against this place,4
  3. that Jehovah might bring [it] true and do just as he has spoken, because YOU people have sinned against Jehovah and have not obeyed his voice. And this thing has happened to YOU.5
  4. And now, look! I have let you loose today from the handcuffs that were upon your hands. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I shall keep my eye upon you.6 But if it is bad in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, refrain. See! The entire land is before you. To wherever it is good and right in your eyes to go, go there.”7
  5. ¶ And he was yet not one that would return, when [Neb·uʹzar·adʹan said]: “Do return to Ged·a·liʹah8 the son of A·hiʹkam9 the son of Shaʹphan,10 whom the king of Babylon has commissioned over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people; or to wherever it is right in your eyes to go, go.”11
    ¶ And the chief of the bodyguard then gave him a food allowance and a present and let him go.12
  6. Accordingly Jeremiah came to Ged·a·liʹah13 the son of A·hiʹkam at Mizʹpah14 and took up dwelling with him in the midst of the people who were left remaining in the land.
  7. ¶ In time all the chiefs[a] of the military forces who were in the field,15 they and their men, got to hear that the king of Babylon had commissioned Ged·a·liʹah the son of A·hiʹkam over the land and that he had commissioned him [over] the men and women and little children and some of the lowly people of the land, who had not been taken into exile in Babylon.16
  8. So they came to Ged·a·liʹah at Mizʹpah, even Ishʹma·el17 the son of Neth·a·niʹah[b] and Jo·haʹnan18 and Jonʹa·than, the sons of Ka·reʹah, and Se·raiʹah the son of Tan·huʹmeth and the sons of Eʹphai the Ne·tophʹa·thite19 and Jez·a·niʹah[c]20 the son of the Ma·acʹa·thite,21 they and their men.22
  9. And Ged·a·liʹah23 the son of A·hiʹkam24 the son of Shaʹphan25 proceeded to swear26 to them and to their men, saying: “Do not be afraid of serving the Chal·deʹans. Continue dwelling in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with YOU.27
  10. And as for me, here I am dwelling in Mizʹpah,28 in order to stand before the Chal·deʹans who will come to us. And as for YOU yourselves, gather wine29 and summer fruits and oil and put [them] in YOUR vessels and dwell in YOUR cities that YOU have seized.”
  11. ¶ And all the Jews that were in Moʹab and among the sons of Amʹmon and in Eʹdom and those who were in all the [other] lands,30 they also heard that the king of Babylon had given a remnant to Judah and that he had commissioned over them Ged·a·liʹah31 the son of A·hiʹkam the son of Shaʹphan.
  12. And all the Jews began to return from all the places to which they had been dispersed, and they kept coming into the land of Judah to Ged·a·liʹah at Mizʹpah.32 And they went gathering wine and summer fruits in very great quantity.
  13. ¶ As for Jo·haʹnan33 the son of Ka·reʹah34 and all the chiefs of the military forces who were in the field,35 they came to Ged·a·liʹah at Mizʹpah.
  14. And they proceeded to say to him: “Do you not at all know that Baʹa·lis, the king of the sons of Amʹmon,36 himself has sent Ishʹma·el37 the son of Neth·a·niʹah38 to strike you to the soul?” But Ged·a·liʹah the son of A·hiʹkam did not believe them.39
  15. ¶ And Jo·haʹnan40 the son of Ka·reʹah himself said to Ged·a·liʹah, in a place of concealment in Mizʹpah: “I want to go, now, and strike down Ishʹma·el the son of Neth·a·niʹah, as no one at all will know.41 Why should he strike you to the soul,[d] and why must all those of Judah who are being collected together to you be scattered and the remnant of Judah perish?”42
  16. But Ged·a·liʹah43 the son of A·hiʹkam44 said to Jo·haʹnan the son of Ka·reʹah: “Do not do this thing, for it is a falsehood that you are speaking concerning Ishʹma·el.”45

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the princes of.” Heb., sa·rehʹ.
  2. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Has Given.” Heb., Nethan·yaʹhu.
  3. ^ “And Jezaniah.” Heb., wI·zan·yaʹhu, meaning “Jehovah Gives Ear.”
  4. ^ “Should he strike you to the soul,” that is, mortally. Heb., yak·kekʹkah neʹphesh; Gr., pa·taʹxei sou psy·khenʹ; Lat., in·ter·fiʹci·at aʹni·mam tuʹam. See App 4A.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 25:20; Je 39:9; 52:12
  2. ^ Jos 18:25; Jg 4:5
  3. ^ Je 39:14
  4. ^ De 29:25; 1Ki 9:9
  5. ^ Je 50:7; Da 9:11; Ro 2:5
  6. ^ Je 39:12
  7. ^ Ge 20:15
  8. ^ 2Ki 25:22; Je 39:14; 41:2
  9. ^ 2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Je 26:24
  10. ^ 2Ki 22:8
  11. ^ Ezr 7:6; Pr 16:7; 21:1; Je 15:11
  12. ^ Ac 27:3
  13. ^ Je 39:14
  14. ^ Jg 20:1; 1Ki 15:22
  15. ^ 2Ki 25:23
  16. ^ 2Ki 25:22; Je 39:10; 52:16
  17. ^ 2Ki 25:25; Je 41:1
  18. ^ Je 41:11, 16; 42:1
  19. ^ 2Sa 23:28; 1Ch 2:54; 11:30
  20. ^ 2Ki 25:23; Je 42:1
  21. ^ De 3:14; Jos 12:5
  22. ^ Je 41:3
  23. ^ 2Ki 25:22; Je 39:14; 41:2
  24. ^ 2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Je 26:24
  25. ^ 2Ki 22:8
  26. ^ 1Sa 20:17; 2Ki 25:24
  27. ^ Ps 37:3; Je 27:11
  28. ^ Je 40:6
  29. ^ De 16:13; Je 39:10
  30. ^ Je 24:9
  31. ^ Je 39:14
  32. ^ Jg 20:1; 1Sa 7:5; 1Ki 15:22
  33. ^ Je 41:11; 42:1; 43:2
  34. ^ Je 40:8
  35. ^ Je 40:7
  36. ^ Je 41:10
  37. ^ Je 40:8; 41:2
  38. ^ 2Ki 25:23
  39. ^ Pr 22:3
  40. ^ Je 41:11; 43:2
  41. ^ 1Sa 26:8
  42. ^ 2Sa 21:17
  43. ^ 2Ki 25:22; Je 39:14
  44. ^ 2Ki 22:12; 2Ch 34:20; Je 26:24
  45. ^ Je 41:2

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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