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Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and small,
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to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before thy face, and pray thou to the Lord thy God for this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as thine eyes see.
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And let the Lord thy God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do.
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And Jeremias said to them, I have heard ; behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass, whatsoever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare to you; I will not hide anything from you.
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And they said to Jeremias, Let the Lord be between us for a just and faithful witness, if we do not according to every word which the Lord shall send to us.
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And whether good, or whether evil, we will hearken to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, because we shall hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.
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And it came to pass after ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremias.
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And he called Joanan, and the leaders of the host, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
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and he said to them, Thus saith the Lord;
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If ye will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you.
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Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand.