1All the squad leaders, Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and peeps from the smallest to the biggest, rolled up.

2They hit up Jeremiah the prophet, like, "Yo, please let our plea get through, and pray to your God for us, ‘cause we’re just a few left."

3They want God to show them the path to walk and what moves to make, fr.

4Jeremiah was like, "I got you; I’ll pray to your God as you asked, and whatever He tells me, I’ll spill the tea to you, no cap."

5They told Jeremiah, "May the Lord keep it real between us; if we don’t do what He tells you, that would be sus."

6"Whether it’s a vibe or a flop, we’ll listen to our God’s voice so it goes well for us, periodt."

7After ten days, the word from the Lord dropped on Jeremiah.

8He called Johanan son of Kareah and all the squad leaders, plus everyone else, from the least to the greatest.

9He said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, who you sent me to, has a message for you."

10"If you chill in this land, I’ll build you up, not tear you down; I’ll plant you, not uproot you, ‘cause I’m over the bad stuff I did to you."

11"Don’t sweat the king of Babylon; I got your back to save you and keep you safe from him."

12"I’ll show you mercy so he can show you mercy and help you get back to your home turf."

13"But if you say, ‘Nah, we ain’t staying here,’ and ignore God’s voice,"

14"Saying, ‘No way; we’re heading to Egypt to dodge the drama, war, and hunger,’ that’s where you’ll stay."

15"So listen up, remnant of Judah; the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: If you’re set on Egypt, and go to chill there,"

16"You’ll find the sword you’re scared of chasing you down in Egypt, and the famine you fear will follow you there; that’s where you’ll kick the bucket."

17"All the guys who want to go to Egypt to chill will die by the sword, famine, and pestilence; no one will escape the drama I’m bringing."

18"The Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: Just like my anger was lit against Jerusalem, it’ll be lit against you when you hit Egypt; you’ll be a joke, a shock, a curse, and you won’t see this place again."

19"The Lord says to you, remnant of Judah: Don’t go to Egypt; I’m warning you today, no cap."

20"You were acting shady when you asked me to pray for you, saying, ‘Whatever God says, we’ll do it.’"

21"And now I’ve told you, but you haven’t listened to your God’s voice or anything He told me to say."

22"So know this for sure: you’ll die by the sword, famine, and pestilence where you want to go chill."

1Then 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,

2And 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:)

3That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

4Then 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.

5Then 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.

6Whether 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.

7And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.

8Then 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,

9And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;

10If 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.

11Be 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.

12And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

14Saying, 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:

15And 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;

16Then 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.

17So 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.

18For 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.

19The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

20For 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.

21And 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.

22Now 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.