Jeremiah 40:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Sware

1 Samuel 20:16

2 Kings 25:24

Fear

Psalm 128:2

General references

Lamentations 5:9

Bible References

Sware

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

Fear

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell in it.

Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house:

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

General references

We procured our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.