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:) [Let...: or, Let our supplication fall before thee]
			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# . [shall follow...: Heb. shall cleave after you]
			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. [So...: Heb. So shall all the men be]
			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. [admonished...: Heb. testified against you]
			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 . [ye dissembled...: or, ye have used deceit against your souls]
			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# . [to go...: or, to go to sojourn]