Jer 42:1-6 | ESV | STEP | Then all the commanders of the forces , and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah , and all the people from the least to the greatest , came near

Jeremiah 42:1-6

Warning Against Going to Egypt

1 Then ^aall the commanders of the forces, and ^bJohanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of ^cHoshaiah, and all the people ^dfrom the least to the greatest, came near 2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let ^eour plea for mercy come before you, and ^fpray to the Lord your God for us, for all ^gthis remnant— ^hbecause we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us— 3 that ⁱthe Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.” 4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and ^jwhatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. ^kI will keep nothing back from you.” 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, ^l“May the Lord be a true and ^mfaithful witness against us ⁿif we do not act according to all the word ^owith which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, ^pthat it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”