Jeremiah:40

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* The thing that happened unto Jeremiah , from Yahweh , after Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners had let him go from Ramah , when he had taken him , he having been bound in fetters in the midst of all the captive-host of Jerusalem , and Judah , who were being carried away captive to Babylon . * So then the , chief of the royal executioners took Jeremiah , and said unto him , Yahweh thy God had threatened this calamity against this place ; * and so Yahweh hath brought it about and done it just as he threatened , for ye have sinned against Yahweh , and have not hearkened unto his voice , and so this thing hath befallen you . * Now , therefore , lo ! I have loosed thee today , from the fetters which were upon thy hand : If it be good in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon , come , and I will set urine eyes upon thee , but if evil in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon , forbear , see ! all the land , is before thee , whither it may be good and right in thine eyes to go , thither , go ! * And ere yet he could make reply Go thou back then unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan , whom the king of Babylon hath set in charge over the cities of Judah , and dwell thou with him in the midst of the people , or whithersoever it may be right in thine eyes to go , go ! So the chief of the royal executioners gave him an allowance and a present and let him go . * Then came Jeremiah unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam to Mizpah , and dwelt with him in the midst of the people who were left in the land . * Now , when all the captains of the forces which were in the fieldthey and their men , heard that the king of Babylon had set Gedaliah son of Ahikam in charge over the land , and that he had committed to him men and women and children , and the poor of the land of those who had not been carried away captive to Babylon , * then came they in unto Gedaliah in Mizpah , both Ishmael son of Nethaniah and Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah , and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite and Jezaniah son of the Maachathite , they and their men . * Then Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan swats unto them , and to their men saying , Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans , dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon that it may be well with you . * But as for me , behold me ! remaining in Mizpah , to stand before the Chaldeans who may come unto us , Ye , however , gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil , and put them in your vessels , and dwell in your reties which ye have seized . * Likewise also , all the Jews , who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and who were in any of the lands , when they heard that the king of Babylon had granted a remnant to Judah , and that he had set in charge over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan , * yea , then returned all the Jews out of all the places whither they had been driven , and came into the land of Judah unto Gedaliah , in Mizpah , and gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance . * But , Johanan son of Kareah , and all the princes of the forces which were in the field , came unto Gedaliah in Mizpah , * and said unto him Dost thou at all know , that , Baalis , king of the sons of Ammon , hath sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah , to smite thee to death ? But Gedaliah son of Ahikam , believed them not . * Then , Johanan son of Kareah , spake unto Gedaliah secretly , in Mizpah , saying , Let me go I pray thee , and smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah , and not , a man , shall know it , wherefore should he smite thee to death , and all Judah who have gathered themselves unto thee , be dispersed , and the remnant of Judah perish ? * Then said Gedaliah son of Ahikam unto Johanan son of Kareah , Thou mayest not do this thing , for , falsely , art thou speaking against Ishmael .

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