1   Then all the captaines of the hoste, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and Iezaniah the sonne of Hoshaaiah, and all the people from the least vnto the most came,

2   And saide vnto Ieremiah the Prophete, ^note Heare our prayer, we beseeche thee, and pray for vs vnto the Lorde thy God, euen for all this remnant (for we are left, but a fewe of many, as thine eyes doe beholde)

3   That the Lord thy God may shewe vs the way wherein wee may walke, and the thing that we may ^note doe.

4   Then Ieremiah the Prophet said vnto them, I haue heard you: behold, I will pray vnto þe; Lord your God according to your wordes, and whatsoeuer thing the Lord shall answere you, I will declare it vnto you: I will keepe nothing backe from you.

5   Then they said to Ieremiah, ^note The Lord be a witnesse of trueth, and faith betweene vs, if we doe not, euen according to all things for þe; which the Lord thy God shall send thee to vs.

6   Whether it be good or euill, we will obey the voyce of the Lorde God, to whom we sende thee that it may be well with vs, when wee obey the voyce of the Lord our God.

7   ¶2; ^note And so after ten dayes came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiah.

8   Then called he Iohanan the sonne of Kareah, and all the captaines of the hoste, which were with him, & all þe; people from þe; least to the most,

9   And saide vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel, vnto whom ye sent me to present your prayers before him,

10   If ye will dwell in this land, then I wil build Dissembling hypocrites. you, and not destroy you, and I will plant you, and not roote you out: for I ^note repent me of the euill that I haue done vnto you.

11   Feare not for the King of Babel, of whom ye are afraide: be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to saue you, and to deliuer you ^note from his hand,

12   And I will graunt you mercie that he may haue compassion vpon you, and he shall cause you to ^note dwell in your owne land.

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

14   Saying, Nay, but we will goe into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no warre, nor heare the sounde of the trumpet, nor haue hunger of bread, and there will we dwell,

15   (And nowe therefore heare the worde of the Lorde, ye remnant of Iudah: thus sayeth the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, If ye set your faces to enter into Egypt, and goe to dwell there)

16   Then the sworde that ye feared, ^note shall take you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, for the which ye care, shall there hang vpon you in Egypt, and there shall ye die.

17   And all the men that set their faces to enter into Egypt to dwell there, shall die by þe; sword, by the famine and by the pestilence, and none of them shall remaine nor escape from the plague, that I will bring vpon them.

18   For thus saith the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, As mine anger and my wrath hath bene powred foorth vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem: so shall my wrath be powred foorth vpon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt, and ye shall be a detestation, and an astonishment, and a ^note curse and a reproche, & ye shall see this place no more.

19   O ye remnant of Iudah, the Lorde hath said concerning you, Goe not into Egypt: knowe certeinely that I haue admonished you this day.

20   Surely ye ^note dissembled in your hearts When ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the Lorde our God, and declare vnto vs euen according vnto al that the Lord our God shall say, and we will doe it.

21   Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.

22   Nowe therefore, knowe certeinely that ye shall die by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence, ^note in the place whither ye desire to goe and dwell.

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