6. even if it isn't what we want to do. We will obey the Lord so that all will go well for us.”
7. Ten days later, the Lord gave me an answer for
8. Johanan, the officers, and the other people. So I called them together
9. and told them that the Lord God of Israel had said:You asked Jeremiah to pray and find out what you should do.
10. I am sorry that I had to punish you, and so I now tell you to stay here in Judah, where I will plant you and build you up, instead of tearing you down and uprooting you.
11. Don't be afraid of the King of Babylonia. I will protect you from him,
12. and I will even force him to have mercy on you and give back your farms.
13. But you might keep on saying, “We won't stay here in Judah, and we won't obey the Lord our God.
14. We are going to Egypt, where there is plenty of food and no danger of war.”
15. People of Judah, you survived when the Babylonian army attacked. Now you are planning to move to Egypt, and if you do go, this is what will happen.
16-17. You are afraid of war, starvation, and disease here in Judah, but they will follow you to Egypt and kill you there. None of you will survive the disasters I will send.