Jer 40:9-12 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam , the son of Shaphan , swore to them and to their men , saying , “ Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans ; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon , that it may go well with you.

Jeremiah 40:9-12

9 Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ^aswore to them and to their men, saying, ^b“Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may go well with you. 10 “Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to ^cstand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, ^dgather in wine and ^esummer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken over.” 11 Likewise, also all the Jews who were in ^fMoab and among the sons of ^gAmmon and in ^hEdom and who were in all the other countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant for Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. 12 Then all the Jews ⁱreturned from all the places to which they had been driven away and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered in wine and summer fruit in great abundance.