1 While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1121" Geruth Kimham, Johanan|strong="H3110" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kareah|strong="H7143" and|strong="H1121" Jezaniah|strong="H3153" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hoshaiah|strong="H1955" went|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5704" Jeremiah the|strong="H3605" prophet. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269" went|strong="H5066" with|strong="H3605" Johanan|strong="H3110" and|strong="H1121" Jezaniah|strong="H3153". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" least important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" most important|strong="H5704", went|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5704" Jeremiah.
2 They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H0559". Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" survivors|strong="H7611" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" family of|strong="H0430" Judah. Jeremiah|strong="H3414", you|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3068" are|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H0430" us|strong="H4994" left|strong="H7604". At|strong="H0413" one|strong="H3605" time|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H0430" us|strong="H4994".
3 Jeremiah|strong="H3068", pray that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5046" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" go and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213".”
4 Then|strong="H6030" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" understand|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" want me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hide anything|strong="H3605" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0834".”
5 Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414", “If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" tells|strong="H0559" us|strong="H0413", then|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0834" hope the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571" and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" witness|strong="H5707" against|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413". We|strong="H0834" know he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H0559" us|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213".
6 It|strong="H0518" doesn’t matter if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" message|strong="H3068" or|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" don’t like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" message|strong="H3068". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0834" sending|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H3068" from|strong="H8085" him|strong="H0413". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" says. Then|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" happen to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413". Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".”
7 At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3068" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0413" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414".
8 Then|strong="H7121" Jeremiah|strong="H0413" called|strong="H7121" together|strong="H0854" Johanan|strong="H3110" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kareah|strong="H7143" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0854", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" least important|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" most important|strong="H5704".
9 Then|strong="H0853" Jeremiah|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" wanted me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" ask|strong="H0559". This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" says|strong="H0559":
10 ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah, I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" strong—I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" plant|strong="H5193" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0776" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" pull|strong="H2040" you|strong="H0834" up|strong="H1129". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H5162" sad about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" happen to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".
11 Now|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". But|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0853". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894",’ says|strong="H5002" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", ‘because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0859". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0859". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0859". He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0408" get his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859".
12 I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" kind to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" king of|strong="H0127" Babylon will|strong="H5414" also|strong="H0853" treat you|strong="H5414" with|strong="H0413" mercy|strong="H7355". He|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5414" bring|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0127".’
13 But|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" might|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah.’ If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H8085", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" disobey|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".
14 And|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" bothered with|strong="H0935" war|strong="H4421" there|strong="H8033". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" trumpets|strong="H7782" of|strong="H0776" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" hungry|strong="H7456".’
15 If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H8085", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3651" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" survivors|strong="H7611" from|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063". This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": ‘If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" decide to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", this|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697":
16 You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H0776" war|strong="H2719", but|strong="H1961" it|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" defeat you|strong="H0859" there|strong="H8033". And|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H1961" hunger|strong="H7458", but|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" hungry in|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".
17 Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" decides to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" die|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5921" war|strong="H2719", hunger|strong="H7458", or|strong="H3808" disease. Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" person|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" goes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" survive|strong="H8300". Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" will|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6412" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853".’
18 “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H0834" showed|strong="H7200" my|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H0834" punished the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961". In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H2088" way|strong="H3541" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" my|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" against|strong="H5921" everyone who|strong="H0834" goes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Egypt|strong="H4714". People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" an|strong="H1961" example|strong="H7045" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H0559" for|strong="H3588" bad things|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H3427". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" curse|strong="H7045" word|strong="H0559". People|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" ashamed of|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2781" you|strong="H0834". And|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" Judah again|strong="H5750".’
19 “Survivors|strong="H7611" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588": ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714".’ I|strong="H3588" warn|strong="H5749" you|strong="H3588" right now|strong="H3117",
20 you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" making|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" mistake that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cause your|strong="H3068" deaths. You|strong="H0859" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". You|strong="H0859" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413". Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H0413" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0413".’
21 So|strong="H7971" today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H3068" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605".
22 So|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" be|strong="H4191" sure|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0834" understand|strong="H3045" this|strong="H6258": You|strong="H0834" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H0935" Egypt. But|strong="H3588" these|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" happen to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Egypt: You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191" by|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719", or|strong="H2719" hunger|strong="H7458", or|strong="H2719" terrible sickness.”