Jeremiah 42:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸ So Jeremiah told Kareah's son Johanan, the other army officers and all the people to come to him. That included everyone, important people and ordinary people. ⁹ Jeremiah said to them, ‘You sent me to ask the Lord, Israel's God, what you should do. He says this to you: ¹⁰ “You should stay here in the land of Judah. If you do that, I will build you up and make you strong again. I will not knock you down. I will help you to grow in the land, like plants with good roots. I will not pull you up. I have punished you with terrible trouble, and that makes me very sad. So now I will help you.