⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, ^(A)“May the Lord be a true and ^(B)faithful witness against us ^(C)if we do not act according to all the word ^(D)with which the Lord your God sends you to us. ⁶ Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, ^(E)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

^7 (F)At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

¹⁸ “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. ^(B)You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.