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Jeremiah

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1 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, 2 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:) 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way where­in we may walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 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. 5 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. 6 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. 7 And it came to pass af­ter ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremi­ah. 8 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, 9 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. 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.