1 Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah "son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached2 Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."4 "I have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the LORD says and will keep nothing back from you."5 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to tell us.6 Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God."7 Ten days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah.8 So he called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people from the least to the greatest.9 He said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says:10 'If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands.12 I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.'13 "However, if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the LORD your God,14 and if you say, 'No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the trumpet or be hungry for bread,'15 then hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there,16 then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die.17 Indeed, all who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine and plague; not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.'18 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse "and an object of horror, a curse "and an object of reproach; you will never see this place again.'19 "Remnant of Judah, the LORD has told you, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be sure of this: I warn you today20 that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the LORD your God and said, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.'21 I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the LORD your God in all he sent me to tell you.22 So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine and plague in the place where you want to go to settle."

1 Et accesserunt omnes principes bellatorum, et Johanan filius Caree, et Jezonias filius Osai, et reliquum vulgus, a parvo usque ad magnum, 2 dixeruntque ad Jeremiam prophetam : Cadat oratio nostra in conspectu tuo, et ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum, pro universis reliquiis istis, quia derelicti sumus pauci de pluribus, sicut oculi tui non intuentur : 3 et annuntiet nobis Dominus Deus tuus viam per quam pergamus, et verbum quod faciamus. 4 Dixit autem ad eos Jeremias propheta : Audivi. Ecce ego oro ad Dominum Deum vestrum secundum verba vestra : omne verbum quodcumque responderit mihi indicabo vobis, nec celabo vos quidquam. 5 Et illi dixerunt ad Jeremiam : Sit Dominus inter nos testis veritatis et fidei, si non, juxta omne verbum in quo miserit te Dominus Deus tuus ad nos, sic faciemus : 6 sive bonum est, sive malum, voci Domini Dei nostri, ad quem mittimus te, obediemus, ut bene sit nobis cum audierimus vocem Domini Dei nostri. 7 Cum autem completi essent decem dies, factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam, 8 vocavitque Johanan filium Caree, et omnes principes bellatorum qui erant cum eo, et universum populum, a minimo usque ad magnum. 9 Et dixit ad eos : Hc dicit Dominus Deus Isral, ad quem misistis me ut prosternerem preces vestras in conspectu ejus : 10 Si quiescentes manseritis in terra hac, dificabo vos, et non destruam : plantabo, et non evellam : jam enim placatus sum super malo quod feci vobis. 11 Nolite timere a facie regis Babylonis, quem vos pavidi formidatis : nolite metuere eum, dicit Dominus, quia vobiscum sum ego ut salvos vos faciam, et eruam de manu ejus : 12 et dabo vobis misericordias, et miserebor vestri, et habitare vos faciam in terra vestra. 13 Si autem dixeritis vos : Non habitabimus in terra ista, nec audiemus vocem Domini Dei nostri, 14 dicentes : Nequaquam, sed ad terram gypti pergemus, ubi non videbimus bellum, et clangorem tub non audiemus, et famem non sustinebimus, et ibi habitabimus : 15 propter hoc nunc audite verbum Domini, reliqui Juda : Hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : Si posueritis faciem vestram ut ingrediamini gyptum, et intraveritis ut ibi habitetis, 16 gladius quem vos formidatis ibi comprehendet vos in terra gypti : et fames, pro qua estis solliciti, adhrebit vobis in gypto, et ibi moriemini. 17 Omnesque viri qui posuerunt faciem suam ut ingrediantur gyptum, ut habitent ibi, morientur gladio, et fame, et peste : nullus de eis remanebit, nec effugiet a facie mali quod ego afferam super eos. 18 Quia hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : Sicut conflatus est furor meus et indignatio mea super habitatores Jerusalem, sic conflabitur indignatio mea super vos cum ingressi fueritis gyptum : et eritis in jusjurandum, et in stuporem, et in maledictum, et in opprobrium, et nequaquam ultra videbitis locum istum. 19 Verbum Domini super vos, reliqui Juda : Nolite intrare gyptum : scientes scietis, quia obtestatus sum vos hodie, 20 quia decepistis animas vestras. Vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum, dicentes : Ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum, et juxta omnia qucumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster, sic annuntia nobis, et faciemus. 21 Et annuntiavi vobis hodie, et non audistis vocem Domini Dei vestri super universis pro quibus misit me ad vos. 22 Nunc ergo scientes scietis quia gladio, et fame, et peste moriemini in loco ad quem voluistis intrare ut habitaretis ibi.