Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

“I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.

Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, declares the Lord.”

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”