² that ^(A)Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem.

² I gave ^(A)my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of ^(B)the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was ^(C)a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

⁹ then those of you who escape ^(A)will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how ^(B)I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes ^(C)that go whoring after their idols. ^(D)And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.

^26 (A)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷ On that day your mouth ^(B)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. ^(C)So you will be a sign to them, and ^(D)they will know that I am the Lord.”

^16 (A)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like ^(B)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.

^14 (A)so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive ^(B)or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, ^(C)except some fugitives.”

¹⁴ shall we break your commandments again and ^(A)intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^(B)until you consumed us, so that there should be no ^(C)remnant, nor any to escape?