Common English Bible

Jeremiah 42:3-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. May the Lord your God show us where we should go and what we should do."

4. The prophet Jeremiah replied, "Yes, I’ll pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. And I’ll tell you whatever the Lord says; I won’t hide anything from you."

5. Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we fail to do everything that the Lord your God tells us through you.

6. Whether we like it or not, we will obey all that the Lord our God says. We will obey the Lord our God, to whom we’re sending you, so it may go well for us."

7. Ten days later Jeremiah received the Lord’s word.

8. So he called Johanan, Kareah’s son, and all the army officers with him and the rest of the people, from the least to the greatest,