Jeremiah:42

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* 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 , * and said unto Jeremiah the prophet : 'Let , we pray 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 ; * that the LORD thy God may tell us the way wherein we should walk , and the thing that we should do .' * 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 .' * Then they said to Jeremiah : 'The LORD be a true and faithful witness against us , if we do not even according to all the word wherewith the LORD thy God shall send thee to us . * Whether it be good , or whether it be evil , we will hearken to the voice of the LORD our God , to whom we send thee ; that it may be well with us , when we hearken to the voice of the LORD our God .' * And it came to pass after ten days , that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah . * Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah , and all the captains of the forces that were with him , and all the people from the least even to the greatest , * and said unto them : 'Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel , unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before Him : * 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 . * 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 . * And I will grant you compassion , that he may have compassion upon you , and cause you to return to your own land . * But if ye say : We will not abide in this land ; so that ye hearken not to the voice of the LORD your God ; * saying : No ; but we will go into the land of Egypt , where we shall see no war , nor hear the sound of the horn , nor have hunger of bread ; and there will we abide ; * now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD , O 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 ; * then it shall come to pass , that the sword , which ye fear , shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt , and the famine , whereof ye are afraid , shall follow hard after you there in Egypt ; and there ye shall die . * 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 . * 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 . * The LORD hath spoken concerning you , O remnant of Judah : Go ye not into Egypt ; know certainly that I have forewarned you this day . * For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls ; for 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 ; * and I have this day declared it to you ; but ye have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD your God in any thing for which He hath sent me unto you . * 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 to sojourn there .'

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