40:1 The
word
which
came
to
Ieremiah
fro
the
Lord
after
that
Nebuzaradan
the
captaine
of
the
guard
had
let
him
goe
from
Ramath,
when
hee
had
taken
him
being
bound
in
chaines
among
all
that
were
caried
away
captiue
of
Ierusalem
and
Iudah,
which
were
caried
away
captiue
vnto
Babylon.
40:2 And
the
captaine
of
the
gard
took
Ieremiah,
and
sayd
vnto
him,
The
Lord
thy
God
hath
pronounced
this
euill
vpon
this
place.
40:3 Now
the
Lord
hath
brought
it,
and
done
according
as
he
hath
sayd:
because
yee
haue
sinned
against
the
Lord,
and
haue
not
obeyed
his
voyce,
therefore
this
thing
is
come
vpon
you.
40:4 And
now
behold,
I
loose
thee
this
day
from
the
chaines
which
were
vpon
thine
hand:
if
it
seeme
good
vnto
thee
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon,
come,
and
I
will
looke
well
vnto
thee:
but
if
it
seeme
ill
vnto
thee
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon,
forbeare:
behold,
all
the
land
is
before
thee:
whither
it
seemeth
good
and
conuenient
for
thee
to
goe,
thither
goe.
40:5 Now
while
he
was
not
yet
gone
backe,
he
sayd,
Goe
backe
also
to
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
the
sonne
of
Shaphan,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
hath
made
gouernour
ouer
all
the
cities
of
Iudah,
and
dwell
with
him
among
the
people:
or
goe
wheresoeuer
it
seemeth
conuenient
vnto
thee
to
goe.
So
the
captaine
of
the
gard
gaue
him
vitailes
and
a
reward,
and
let
him
goe.
40:6 Then
went
Ieremiah
vnto
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
to
Mizpah,
and
dwelt
with
him
among
the
people,
that
were
left
in
the
land.
40:7 Now
when
all
the
captaines
of
the
forces
which
were
in
the
fields,
euen
they
and
their
men,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
gouernour
in
the
land,
and
had
committed
vnto
him
men,
and
women
and
children,
and
of
the
poore
of
the
land,
of
them
that
were
not
caried
away
captiue
to
Babylon;
40:8 Then
they
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
euen
Ishmael
the
sonne
of
Nethaniah,
and
Iohanan,
and
Ionathan
the
sonnes
of
Kareah,
and
Seraiah
the
sonne
of
Tanhumeth,
and
the
sonnes
of
Ephai
the
Netophathite,
and
Iezaniah
the
sonne
of
a
Maachathite,
they
and
their
men.
40:9 And
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
the
sonne
of
Shaphan,
sware
vnto
them
and
to
their
men,
saying,
Feare
not
to
serue
the
Caldeans:
dwell
in
the
land
and
serue
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shalbe
well
with
you.
40:10 As
for
me,
behold,
I
will
dwell
at
Mizpah
to
serue
the
Caldeans,
which
will
come
vnto
vs:
but
yee,
gather
yee
wine,
and
summer
fruits,
and
oyle,
and
put
them
in
your
vessels,
and
dwell
in
your
cities,
that
yee
haue
taken.
40:11 Likewise
when
all
the
Iewes
that
were
in
Moab,
and
among
the
Ammonites,
and
in
Edom,
and
that
were
in
all
the
countries,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
left
a
remnant
of
Iudah,
and
that
he
had
set
ouer
them
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
the
sonne
of
Shaphan;
40:12 Euen
all
the
Iewes
returned
out
of
all
places
whither
they
were
driuen,
and
came
to
the
land
of
Iudah,
to
Gedaliah
vnto
Mizpah,
and
gathered
wine
and
summer
fruits,
very
much.
40:13 Moreouer
Iohanan
the
sonne
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captaines
of
the
forces
that
were
in
the
fields,
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
40:14 And
sayd
vnto
him,
Doest
thou
certainly
know,
that
Baalis
the
king
of
the
Ammonites
hath
sent
Ishmael
the
sonne
of
Nethaniah
to
slay
thee
But
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
beleeued
them
not.
40:15 Then
Iohanan
the
sonne
of
Kareah,
spake
to
Gedaliah
in
Mizpah
secretly,
saying,
Let
me
goe,
I
pray
thee,
and
I
will
slay
Ishmael
the
sonne
of
Nethaniah,
and
no
man
shall
know
it.
Wherefore
should
he
slay
thee,
that
all
the
Iewes
which
are
gathered
vnto
thee
should
be
scattered,
and
the
remnant
in
Iudah
perish
40:16 But
Gedaliah
the
sonne
of
Ahikam
sayd
vnto
Iohanan
the
sonne
of
Kareah;
Thou
shalt
not
do
this
thing,
for
thou
speakest
falsely
of
Ishmael.