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Chapter 40.

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The word that came to Jeremiah from the
Lord, after that Nebuchadnezzar Aden,

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the captain of the guard, had let him go
from Ramah, when he had taken him being

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bound in chains among all that were
carried away captive of Jerusalem and

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Judah, which were carried away captive
unto Babylon.

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And the captain of the guard took
Jeremiah, and said unto him, The Lord thy

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God hath pronounced this evil upon this
place.

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Now the Lord hath brought it, and done
according as he hath said, because she

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hath sinned against the Lord, and have not
obeyed his voice.

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Therefore this thing is come upon you.

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And now, behold, I loose thee this day
from the chains which were upon thine

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hand.

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If it seem good unto thee to come with me
into Babylon, come, and I will look well

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unto thee.

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But if it seem ill unto thee to come with
me into Babylon, forbear.

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Behold, all the land is before thee.

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Whither it seemeth good and convenient for
thee to go, thither go.

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Now while he was not yet gone back,
he said, Go back also to Gedaliah,

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the son of Ahicham, the son of Shaphan,
whom the king of Babylon hath made

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governor over the cities of Judah,
and dwell with him among the people.

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Or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient
unto thee to go.

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So the captain of the guard gave him
vittles and a reward, and let him go.

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Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah,
the son of Ahicham, to Mizpah,

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and dwelt with him among the people that
were left in the land.

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Now when all the captains of the forces
which were in the fields, even they and

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their men, heard that the king of Babylon
had made Gedaliah the son of Ahicham

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governor in the land, and had committed
unto him men, and women, and children,

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and of the poor of the land, of them that
were not carried away captive to Babylon,

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then they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah,
even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,

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and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of
Korea, and Saraiah the son of Tanhumath,

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and the sons of Ephi, the Natophathite,
and Jezaniah the son of Amayakathite,

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they and their men, and Gedaliah the son
of Ahicham, the son of Shaphan,

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swear unto them, and to their men,
saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans.

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Dwell in the land, and serve the king of
Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah,
to serve the Chaldeans, which will come

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unto us.

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Which ye gather ye wine, and summer
fruits, and oil, and put them in your

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vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye
have taken.

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Likewise when all the Jews that were in
Moab, and among the Ammonites,

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and in Edom, and that were in all the
countries, heard that the king of Babylon

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had left a remnant of Judah, and that he
had set over them Gedaliah, the son of

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Ahicham, the son of Shaphan, even all the
Jews returned out of all places where they

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were driven, and came to the land of
Judah, to Gedaliah, and to Mizpah,

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and gathered wine and summer fruits very
much.

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Moreover, Johanan the son of Korea,
and all the captains of the forces that

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were in the fields, came to Gedaliah,
to Mizpah, and said unto him, Dost thou

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certainly know that Baalist, the king of
the Ammonites, hath sent Ishmael,

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the son of Nethaniah, to slay thee?

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But Gedaliah, the son of Ahicham,
believed them not.

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Then Johanan, the son of Korea,
spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah, secretly,

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saying, Let me go, I pray thee,
and I will slay Ishmael, the son of

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Nethaniah, and no man shall know it.

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Wherefore should he slay thee,
that all the Jews which are gathered unto

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thee should be scattered, and the remnant
in Judah perish?

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But Gedaliah, the son of Ahicham,
said unto Johanan, the son of Korea,

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Thou shalt not do this thing, for thou
speakest falsely of Ishmael.