1Then all the captains8269 of the forces2428, and Johanan3110 the son1121 of Kareah7143, and Jezaniah3153 the son1121 of Hoshaiah1955, and all the people5971 from the least6996 even unto the greatest1419, came near5066,
2And said559 unto Jeremiah3414 the prophet5030, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication8467 be accepted5307 before6440 thee, and pray6419 for us unto the LORD3068 thy God430, even for all this remnant7611; (for we are left7604 but a few4592 of many7235, as thine eyes5869 do behold7200 us:)
3That the LORD3068 thy God430 may shew5046 us the way1870 wherein we may walk3212, and the thing1697 that we may do6213.
4Then Jeremiah3414 the prophet5030 said559 unto them, I have heard8085 you; behold, I will pray6419 unto the LORD3068 your God430 according to your words1697; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing1697 the LORD3068 shall answer6030 you, I will declare5046 it unto you; I will keep4513 nothing1697 back4513 from you.
5Then they said559 to Jeremiah3414, The LORD3068 be a true571 and faithful539 witness5707 between us, if we do6213 not even according to all things1697 for the which the LORD3068 thy God430 shall send7971 thee to us.
6Whether it be good2896, or whether it be evil7451, we will obey8085 the voice6963 of the LORD3068 our God430, to whom we580 send7971 thee; that it may be well3190 with us, when we obey8085 the voice6963 of the LORD3068 our God430.
7And it came to pass after7093 ten6235 days3117, that the word1697 of the LORD3068 came unto Jeremiah3414.
8Then called7121 he Johanan3110 the son1121 of Kareah7143, and all the captains8269 of the forces2428 which were with him, and all the people5971 from the least6996 even to the greatest1419,
9And said559 unto them, Thus saith559 the LORD3068, the God430 of Israel3478, unto whom ye sent7971 me to present5307 your supplication8467 before6440 him;
10If ye will still7725 abide3427 in this land776, then will I build1129 you, and not pull you down2040, and I will plant5193 you, and not pluck you up5428: for I repent5162 me of the evil7451 that I have done6213 unto you.
11Be not afraid3372 of6440 the king4428 of Babylon894, of whom6440 ye are afraid3373; be not afraid3372 of him, saith5002 the LORD3068: for I am with you to save3467 you, and to deliver5337 you from his hand3027.
12And I will shew5414 mercies7356 unto you, that he may have mercy7355 upon you, and cause you to return7725 to your own land127.
13But if ye say559, We will not dwell3427 in this land776, neither obey8085 the voice6963 of the LORD3068 your God430,
14Saying559, No; but we will go935 into the land776 of Egypt4714, where we shall see7200 no war4421, nor hear8085 the sound6963 of the trumpet7782, nor have hunger7456 of bread3899; and there will we dwell3427:
15And now therefore hear8085 the word1697 of the LORD3068, ye remnant7611 of Judah3063; Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God430 of Israel3478; If ye wholly7760 set7760 your faces6440 to enter935 into Egypt4714, and go935 to sojourn1481 there;
16Then it shall come to pass, that the sword2719, which ye feared3373, shall overtake5381 you there in the land776 of Egypt4714, and the famine7458, whereof ye were afraid1672, shall follow close1692 after310 you there in Egypt4714; and there ye shall die4191.
17So shall it be with all the men582 that set7760 their faces6440 to go935 into Egypt4714 to sojourn1481 there; they shall die4191 by the sword2719, by the famine7458, and by the pestilence1698: and none of them shall remain8300 or escape6412 from6440 the evil7451 that I will bring935 upon them.
18For thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God430 of Israel3478; As mine anger639 and my fury2534 hath been poured forth5413 upon the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389; so shall my fury2534 be poured forth5413 upon you, when ye shall enter935 into Egypt4714: and ye shall be an execration423, and an astonishment8047, and a curse7045, and a reproach2781; and ye shall see7200 this place4725 no more.
19The LORD3068 hath said1696 concerning you, O ye remnant7611 of Judah3063; Go935 ye not into Egypt4714: know3045 certainly3045 that I have admonished5749 you this day3117.
20For ye dissembled8582 in your hearts5315, when ye sent7971 me unto the LORD3068 your God430, saying559, Pray6419 for us unto the LORD3068 our God430; and according unto all that the LORD3068 our God430 shall say559, so declare5046 unto us, and we will do6213 it.
21And now I have this day3117 declared5046 it to you; but ye have not obeyed8085 the voice6963 of the LORD3068 your God430, nor any thing for the which he hath sent7971 me unto you.
22Now therefore know3045 certainly3045 that ye shall die4191 by the sword2719, by the famine7458, and by the pestilence1698, in the place4725 whither ye desire2654 to go935 and to sojourn1481.