Bible Discussion Thread

The strange thing in regards to this verse is that earlier in Chapter 42 the people asked Jeremiah to pray in their behalf for direction. When Jeremiah told the people what Jehovah's reply was, the people did not like the answer they received so they made up their mind to completely ignore Jeremiah and thus disobeyed Jehovah God. If the people had showed respect for the answer they had received, they could have been spared when Egypt was invaded. The lesson I learned from this verse is that even if we do not like what something says in God's Word, it was written in the Bible for a reason and we need to strive to obey those words.