Then all
the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son
of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and
all the people from the least even unto the
greatest, came near,
02 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we
beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before
thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even
for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few
of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
03 That the Lord thy God may shew us the way
wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may
do.
04 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I
have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord
your God according to your words; and it shall
come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord
shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I
will keep nothing back from you.
05 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true
and faithful witness between us, if we do not
even according to all things for the which the
Lord thy God shall send thee to us.
06 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we
will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom
we send thee; that it may be well with us, when
we obey the voice of the Lord our God.
07 And it came to pass after ten days, that the
word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.
08 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and
all the captains of the forces which were with
him, and all the people from the least even to
the greatest,
09 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the
God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present
your supplication before him;
10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will
I build you, and not pull you down, and I will
plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me
of the evil that I have done unto you.
11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom
ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the
Lord: for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may
have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to
your own land.
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13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land,
neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,
14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of
Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the
sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread;
and there will we dwell:
15 And now therefore hear the word of the Lord,
ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn
there;
16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword,
which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the
land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were
afraid, shall follow close after you there in
Egypt; and there ye shall die.
17 So shall it be with all the men that set their
faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: and none of them shall remain or
escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of
Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been
poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when
ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an
execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and
a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
19 The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye
remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know
certainly that I have admonished you this day.
20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent
me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us
unto the Lord our God; and according unto all
that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto
us, and we will do it.
21 And now I have this day declared it to you;
but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your
God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me
unto you.
22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die
by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go
and to sojourn.
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