Jeremiah 42:3
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
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Gill's Exposition
That the Lord thy God may show us the way wherein we may walk,.... Not the way of their duty as to religious worship, or their moral conversation, which was the way of God's commandments, and had been…
We have reason to wonder how Jeremiah the prophet escaped the sword of Ishmael; it seems he did escape, and it was not the first time that the Lord hid him. It is strange also that in these violent…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that the Lord thy God may shew us They make up their minds to flee into Egypt, and only after they have done this, proceed to enquire God's will. Hence we cannot acquit them of hypocrisy. Cp. Ahab in…
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