Jeremiah 42:6

"Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which the LORD your God sends you to tell us."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the people's solemn vow to adhere to God’s commands through Jeremiah, seeing his message as a divine witness. Their promise underscores both their commitment and the seriousness they attributed to divine revelation in guiding their actions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

We -The form used here occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament, but is the regular form of the pronoun in the Talmud. It is one out of many instances of Jeremiah using the popular instead of the literary language of his times.

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