Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the peoplefrom the leastevenunto the greatest, camenear,
And saiduntoJeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseechthee, our supplication be acceptedbeforethee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all thisremnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thineeyes do behold us:)
ThenJeremiah the prophetsaiduntothem, I haveheard you; behold, I willprayunto the LORDyour God according to yourwords; and it shallcome to pass, thatwhatsoeverthing the LORDshallanswer you, I willdeclare it unto you; I willkeepnothingbackfrom you.
Thentheysaid to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithfulwitnessbetween us, if we do not evenaccording to all things for the which the LORD thy God shallsendthee to us.
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we willobey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we sendthee; that it may be wellwith us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
If ye willstillabide in thisland, thenwill I build you, and not pull you down, and I willplant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evilthat I havedoneunto you.
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.
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 havehunger of bread; and therewill we dwell:
And now thereforehear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set yourfaces to enterintoEgypt, and go to sojournthere;
Then it shallcome to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shallovertake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye wereafraid, shallfollowcloseafter you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
So shall it be with all the men that set theirfaces to go intoEgypt to sojournthere; theyshall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of themshallremain or escapefrom the evilthat I willbringuponthem.
For thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mineanger and my furyhathbeenpouredforthupon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be pouredforthupon you, when ye shallenterintoEgypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see thisplace no more.
For ye dissembled in yourhearts, when ye sent me unto the LORDyour God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and accordingunto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declareunto us, and we will do it.