6. Whether it pleases us or not, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are asking you to pray. All will go well with us if we obey him.”
7. Ten days later the Lord spoke to me;
8. so I called together Johanan, all the army leaders who were with him, and all the other people.
9. I said to them, “The Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me with your request has said,
10. ‘If you are willing to go on living in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not pull you up. The destruction I brought on you has caused me great sorrow.
11. Stop being afraid of the king of Babylonia. I am with you, and I will rescue you from his power.