8. Then he called Johanan son of Kareah, and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest,
9. and said to them, “Thus says Adonai, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him:
10. ‘If you will still stay in this land, then will I build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you. For I will relent concerning the calamity that I have done to you.
11. Do not be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you dread—do not be afraid of him”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“for I am with you to save you, and deliver you from his hand.
12. I will also show you compassion and he will have compassion on you, and restore you to your own soil.
13. But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ so that you do not obey the voice of Adonai your God,
14. saying: ‘No, instead we’ll go into the land of Egypt, where we will see no war or hear the sound of a shofar or hunger for food, and live there’