3. May the Lord, your God, show us the way we should take and what we should do.”
4. “Very well!” Jeremiah the prophet answered them: “I will pray to the Lord, your God, as you desire; whatever the Lord answers, I will tell you; I will withhold nothing from you.”
5. And they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not follow all the instructions the Lord, your God, sends us through you.
6. Whether we like it or not, we will obey the command of the Lord, our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us for obeying the command of the Lord, our God.”
7. Ten days passed before the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
8. Then he called Johanan, son of Kareah, his army leaders, and all the people, from the least to the greatest,
9. and said to them: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to offer your petition: