“I Will Not Withhold a Word”: The Cohortative and Prophetic Intention in Jeremiah 42:4
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא שָׁמַעְתִּי הִנְנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כְּדִבְרֵיכֶם וְהָיָה כָּל־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲנֶה יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם אַגִּיד לָכֶם לֹא־אֶמְנַע מִכֶּם דָּבָר׃ (Jeremiah 42:4) And Yirmeyahu the prophet said to them, “I have heard. Behold, I am praying to YHWH your God according to your words, and it shall be that every word which YHWH answers you,…