Musing: The Bible Jeremiah 42, 43, 44

42:1-3 All the people small and great approached Jeremiah. ‘Please pray for us to the Lord your God that the Lord your God would show us what to do.’

42:4 Jeremiah said, ‘I will tell you the whole Word that the Lord says.’

42:5,6 Then they said, ‘May the Lord your God be a faithful witness against us if we do not obey the whole Word which the Lord your God sends to us. Whether it is pleasing/good or displeasing/bad/evil, whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God.’

42:20 You were hypocrites, deceived yourselves, were not honest, and made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God.

43:1,2 When Jeremiah had finished giving to the people all the Words of the Lord their God, all the arrogant/proud men said, ‘You are lying! The Lord our God has not sent you to say [that]’!

44:15-17 Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to idols answered, ‘As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you! Rather, we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths; we will do whatever we want!’