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Then all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428], and Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and Jezaniah[H3153] the son[H1121] of Hoshaiah[H1955], and all the people[H5971] from the least[H6996] even unto the greatest[H1419], came near[H5066],
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And said[H559] unto Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], Let, we beseech thee, our supplication[H8467] be accepted[H5307]before[H6440] thee, and pray[H6419] for us unto the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], even for all this remnant;(for we are left[H7604] but a few[H4592] of many[H7235], as thine eyes[H5869] do behold[H7200] us:)
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That the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] may shew[H5046] us the way[H1870] wherein we may walk[H3212], and the thing[H1697] that we may do[H6213].
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Then Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030]said[H559] unto them, I have heard[H8085] you; behold, I will pray[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] according to your words[H1697]; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing[H1697] the LORD[H3068] shall answer[H6030] you, I will declare[H5046] it unto you; I will keep[H4513]nothing[H1697]back[H4513] from you.
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Then they said[H559] to Jeremiah[H3414], The LORD[H3068] be a true[H571] and faithful[H539]witness[H5707] between us, if we do[H6213] not even according to all things[H1697] for the which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] shall send[H7971] thee to us.
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Whether it be good[H2896], or whether it be evil[H7451], we[H580] will obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], to whom we[H580]send[H7971] thee; that it may be well[H3190] with us, when we[H580]obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430].
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And it came to pass after[H7093]ten[H6235]days[H3117], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Jeremiah[H3414].
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Then called[H7121] he Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] which were with him, and all the people[H5971] from the least[H6996] even to the greatest[H1419],
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And said[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], unto whom ye sent[H7971] me to present[H5307] your supplication[H8467]before[H6440] him;
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If ye will still[H7725]abide[H3427] in this land[H776], then will I build[H1129] you, and not pull you down[H2040], and I will plant[H5193] you, and not pluck you up[H5428]: for I repent[H5162] me of the evil[H7451] that I have done[H6213] unto you.
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Be not afraid[H3372]of[H6440] the king[H4428]of[H6440]Babylon[H894], of[H6440]whom[H6440] ye are afraid[H3373]; be not afraid[H3373]of[H6440] him, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: for I am with you to save[H3467] you, and to deliver[H5337] you from his hand[H3027].
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And I will shew[H5414]mercies[H7356] unto you, that he may have mercy[H7355] upon you, and cause you to return[H7725] to your own land[H127].
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But if ye say[H559], We will not dwell[H3427] in this land[H776], neither obey[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430],
14Saying[H559], No; but we will go[H935] into the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], where we shall see[H7200] no war[H4421], nor hear[H8085] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782], nor have hunger[H7456] of bread[H3899]; and there will we dwell[H3427]:
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And now therefore hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], ye remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063]; Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; If ye wholly[H7760]set[H7760] your faces[H6440] to enter[H935] into Egypt[H4714], and go[H935] to sojourn[H1481] there;
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Then it shall come to pass, that the sword[H2719], which ye feared[H3373], shall overtake[H5381] you there in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and the famine[H7458], whereof ye were afraid[H1672], shall follow close[H1692]after[H310] you there in Egypt[H4714]; and there ye shall die[H4191].
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So shall it be with all the men[H582] that set[H7760] their faces[H6440] to go[H935] into Egypt[H4714] to sojourn[H1481] there; they shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698]: and none of them shall remain[H8300] or escape[H6412]from[H6440] the evil[H7451] that I will bring[H935] upon them.
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; As mine anger[H639] and my fury[H2534] hath been poured forth[H5413] upon the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]; so shall my fury[H2534] be poured forth[H5413] upon you, when ye shall enter[H935] into Egypt[H4714]: and ye shall be an execration[H423], and an astonishment[H8047], and a curse[H7045], and a reproach[H2781]; and ye shall see[H7200] this place[H4725] no more.
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The LORD[H3068] hath said[H1696] concerning you, O ye remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063]; Go[H935] ye not into Egypt[H4714]: know[H3045]certainly[H3045] that I have admonished[H5749] you this day[H3117].
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For ye dissembled[H8582] in your hearts[H5315], when ye sent[H7971] me unto the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], saying[H559], Pray[H6419] for us unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]; and according unto all that the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] shall say[H559], so declare[H5046] unto us, and we will do[H6213] it.
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And now I have this day[H3117]declared[H5046] it to you; but ye have not obeyed[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] your God[H430], nor any thing for the which he hath sent[H7971] me unto you.
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Now therefore know[H3045]certainly[H3045] that ye shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698], in the place[H4725] whither ye desire[H2654] to go[H935] and to sojourn[H1481].