Dual Panel1Then all <03605> the army <02428> officers <08269>, including Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143> and Jezaniah <03153> son <01121> of Hoshaiah <01955> and all <03605> the people <05971> of every class <01419> <05704> <06996>, went <05066> to the prophet Jeremiah.
2They said <0559> to <0413> him <03414>, “Please <04994> grant <05307> our request <08467> and pray <06419> to <0413> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> for <01157> all <03605> those of us who are still left alive <07611> here <02063>. For <03588>, as <0834> you yourself can see <07200> <05869>, there are only <04592> a few <04592> of us left out <07604> of the many <07235> there were before.
3Pray that the Lord <03069> your God <0430> will tell <05046> us where <0834> we should go <01980> and what <01697> we should do <06213>.”
4The prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> answered <0559> them, “Agreed <08085>! I will indeed <02005> pray <06419> to <0413> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> as <01697> you have asked. I will tell <05046> you everything <03605> the Lord <03068> replies <06030> in response <01697> to you. I will not <03808> keep <04513> anything <01697> back <04513> from <04480> you.”
5They <01992> answered <0559> Jeremiah <03414>, “May the Lord <03068> be <01961> a true <0571> and faithful <0539> witness <05707> against us if <0518> we do not <03808> do just as <0834> the Lord <0430> <03068> sends <07971> you to <0413> tell us to do <06213>.
6We will obey <08085> what the Lord <03068> our God <0430> to whom <0834> we <0580> are sending <07971> you tells us to <0413> do. It does not matter whether <0518> we like <02896> what he tells us or <0518> not. We will obey <08085> what <0834> he <0430> tells <06963> us to do so that <03588> things will go well <03190> for us.”
7Ten <06235> days <03117> later <07093> the Lord <03068> spoke <01697> to <0413> Jeremiah <03414>.
8So Jeremiah summoned <07121> Johanan <03110> son <01121> of Kareah <07143> and all <03605> the army <02428> officers <08269> who <0834> were with <0854> him and all <03605> the people <05971> of every class <01419> <05704> <06996>.
9Then Jeremiah said <0559> to <0413> them, “You sent <07971> me to <0413> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> to make <05307> your request <08467> known <05307> to <06440> him. Here is what <03541> he says <0559> to you:
10‘If <0518> you will just <07725> stay <03427> in this <02063> land <0776>, I will build <01129> you up. I will not <03808> tear <02040> you down <02040>. I will firmly plant <05193> you. I will not <03808> uproot <05428> you. For <03588> I am filled with sorrow <05162> because <0413> of the disaster <07451> that <0834> I have brought <06213> on you.
11Do not <0408> be afraid <03372> of <06440> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> whom <0834> you <0859> now fear <03373>. Do not <0408> be afraid <03372> of <06440> him because <03588> I <0589> will be with <0854> you to save <03467> you and to rescue <05337> you from <04480> his power <03027>. I, the Lord <03068>, affirm <05002> it!
12I will have <05414> compassion <07356> on you so that he in turn will have mercy <07355> on you and allow you to return <07725> to <0413> your land <0127>.’
13“You <0859> must not <01115> disobey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> by saying <0559>, ‘We will not <03808> stay <03427> in this <02063> land <0776>.’
14You must not say <0559>, ‘No, we will not <03808> stay. Instead we will go <0935> and live <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> where <0834> we will not <03808> face <07200> war <04421>, or <03808> hear <08085> the enemy’s trumpet <07782> calls <06963>, or <03808> starve <07456> for lack of food <03899>.’
15If you people who remain <07611> in Judah <03063> do that, then <06258> listen <08085> to what <01697> the Lord <03068> says <0559>. The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says, ‘If <0518> you <0859> are so determined <07760> <07760> to go <0935> to Egypt <04714> that you go <0935> and settle <01481> there <08033>,
16the wars <02719> you <0859> fear <03372> will catch up <05381> with <04480> you there <08033> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. The starvation <07458> you <0859> are worried <01672> about <04480> will follow <0310> <01692> you there <08033> to Egypt <04714>. You will die <04191> there <08033>.
17All <03605> the people <0376> who <0834> are determined <07760> to go <0935> and settle <01481> in Egypt <04714> will die <04191> from war <02719>, starvation <07458>, or disease <01698>. No <03808> one will survive <08300> or escape <06412> the disaster <07451> I <0589> will bring <0935> on <05921> them.’
18For <03588> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out <05413> my wrath <02534> <0639> on <05921> you just as <03651> I poured out <05413> my anger and wrath <02534> on <05921> the citizens <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>. You will become <0935> an object of horror <08047> and ridicule <02781>, an example of those who have been cursed <0423> and that people use in pronouncing a curse <07045>. You will never <03808> see <07200> this <02088> place <04725> again <05750>.’
19“The Lord <03068> has told <01696> you people who remain <07611> in <05921> Judah <03063>, ‘Do not <0408> go <0935> to Egypt <04714>.’ Be very sure <03045> <03045> of this: I warn <05749> you here and now <03117>.
20You are making a fatal mistake <08582>. For <03588> you <0859> sent <07971> me to <0413> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and asked <0559> me, ‘Pray <06419> to <0413> the Lord <03068> our God <0430> for us. Tell <05046> us what <0834> the Lord <03068> our God <0430> says <0559> and we will do <06213> it.’
21This day <03117> I have told you what he said. But you do not <03808> want to obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <0430> <03068> by doing what he sent <07971> me to <0413> tell <05046> you.
22So now <06258> be very sure <03045> <03045> of this: You will die <04191> from war, starvation <07458>, or disease <01698> in the place <04725> where <08033> <0834> you want <02654> to go <0935> and live <01481>.”