Jeremiah 40:2
New International Version
When the commander of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster for this place.

New Living Translation
The captain of the guard called for Jeremiah and said, “The LORD your God has brought this disaster on this land,

English Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this disaster against this place.

Berean Standard Bible
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

King James Bible
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

New King James Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him: “The LORD your God has pronounced this doom on this place.

New American Standard Bible
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God promised this disaster against this place;

NASB 1995
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

NASB 1977
Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “ The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

Legacy Standard Bible
And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “Yahweh your God promised this calamity against this place;

Amplified Bible
And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God promised this disaster on this place.

Christian Standard Bible
The captain of the guards took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

American Standard Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the High Guard took Jeremiah and said to him: “LORD JEHOVAH your God spoke evil against this place

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the chief captain of the guard took him, and said to him, The Lord thy God has pronounced all these evils upon this place:

Contemporary English Version
Nebuzaradan said: Jeremiah, the LORD your God warned your people that he would bring disaster on this land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the general of the army taking Jeremias, said to him: The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place,

English Revised Version
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, the LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The LORD your God threatened to bring this disaster on this place.

Good News Translation
The commanding officer took me aside and said, "The LORD your God threatened this land with destruction,

International Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and told him, "The LORD your God has predicted this disaster on this place.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him: 'The LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;

Literal Standard Version
And the chief of the executioners takes Jeremiah and says to him, “Your God YHWH has spoken this calamity concerning this place,

Majority Standard Bible
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

New American Bible
The captain of the bodyguard took charge of Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD, your God, decreed ruin for this place.

NET Bible
The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster.

New Revised Standard Version
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster;

New Heart English Bible
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, "The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

World English Bible
The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;

Young's Literal Translation
And the chief of the executioners taketh Jeremiah, and saith unto him, 'Jehovah thy God hath spoken this evil concerning this place,

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Context
Jeremiah Remains in Judah
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. 2The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place, 3and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.…

Cross References
Leviticus 26:14
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,

Deuteronomy 28:15
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Deuteronomy 29:24
So all the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

Deuteronomy 31:17
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?'

Deuteronomy 32:19
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 22:8
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

Jeremiah 22:9
Then people will reply, 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.'"


Treasury of Scripture

And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil on this place.

The Lord.

Jeremiah 22:8,9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? …

Deuteronomy 29:24-28
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? …

1 Kings 9:8,9
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? …

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1. Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzaradan, goes to Gedaliah.
7. The dispersed Jews repair unto him.
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The captain
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

of the guard
טַבָּחִ֖ים (ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

found
וַיִּקַּ֥ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

Jeremiah
לְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ (lə·yir·mə·yā·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites

and said
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him,
אֵלָ֔יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“The LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

decreed
דִּבֶּר֙ (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

this
הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

disaster
הָרָעָ֣ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

on
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

place,
הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition


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