40:1 The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Jehovah,
after
that
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
had
let
him
go
from
Ramah,
when
he
had
taken
him
being
bound
in
chains
among
all
the
captives
of
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
that
were
carried
away
captive
unto
Babylon.
40:2 And
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
Jeremiah,
and
said
unto
him,
Jehovah
thy
God
pronounced
this
evil
upon
this
place;
40:3 and
Jehovah
hath
brought
it,
and
done
according
as
he
spake:
because
ye
have
sinned
against
Jehovah,
and
have
not
obeyed
his
voice,
therefore
this
thing
is
come
upon
you.
40:4 And
now,
behold,
I
loose
thee
this
day
from
the
chains
which
are
upon
thy
hand.
If
it
seem
good
unto
thee
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon,
come,
and
I
will
look
well
unto
thee;
but
if
it
seem
ill
unto
thee
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon,
forbear:
behold,
all
the
land
is
before
thee;
whither
it
seemeth
good
and
right
unto
thee
to
go,
thither
go.
40:5 Now
while
he
was
not
yet
gone
back,
Go
back
then,
[said
he],
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
hath
made
governor
over
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
dwell
with
him
among
the
people;
or
go
wheresoever
it
seemeth
right
unto
thee
to
go.
So
the
captain
of
the
guard
gave
him
victuals
and
a
present,
and
let
him
go.
40:6 Then
went
Jeremiah
unto
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
to
Mizpah,
and
dwelt
with
him
among
the
people
that
were
left
in
the
land.
40:7 Now
when
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
that
were
in
the
fields,
even
they
and
their
men,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
governor
in
the
land,
and
had
committed
unto
him
men,
and
women,
and
children,
and
of
the
poorest
of
the
land,
of
them
that
were
not
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon;
40:8 then
they
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
[to
wit],
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
Johanan
and
Jonathan
the
sons
of
Kareah,
and
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth,
and
the
sons
of
Ephai
the
Netophathite,
and
Jezaniah
the
son
of
the
Maacathite,
they
and
their
men.
40:9 And
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan
sware
unto
them
and
to
their
men,
saying,
Fear
not
to
serve
the
Chaldeans:
dwell
in
the
land,
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shall
be
well
with
you.
40:10 As
for
me,
behold,
I
will
dwell
at
Mizpah,
to
stand
before
the
Chaldeans
that
shall
come
unto
us:
but
ye,
gather
ye
wine
and
summer
fruits
and
oil,
and
put
them
in
your
vessels,
and
dwell
in
your
cities
that
ye
have
taken.
40:11 Likewise
when
all
the
Jews
that
were
in
Moab,
and
among
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
in
Edom,
and
that
were
in
all
the
countries,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
left
a
remnant
of
Judah,
and
that
he
had
set
over
them
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan;
40:12 then
all
the
Jews
returned
out
of
all
places
whither
they
were
driven,
and
came
to
the
land
of
Judah,
to
Gedaliah,
unto
Mizpah,
and
gathered
wine
and
summer
fruits
very
much.
40:13 Moreover
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
that
were
in
the
fields,
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
40:14 and
said
unto
him,
Dost
thou
know
that
Baalis
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
hath
sent
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
to
take
thy
life
But
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
believed
them
not.
40:15 Then
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
spake
to
Gedaliah
in
Mizpah
secretly,
saying,
Let
me
go,
I
pray
thee,
and
I
will
slay
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
no
man
shall
know
it:
wherefore
should
he
take
thy
life,
that
all
the
Jews
that
are
gathered
unto
thee
should
be
scattered,
and
the
remnant
of
Judah
perish
40:16 But
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
said
unto
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
Thou
shalt
not
do
this
thing;
for
thou
speakest
falsely
of
Ishmael.
