Jeremiah 40:10-12

New English Translation

¹⁰ I for my part will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians^[a] whenever they come to us. You for your part go ahead and harvest the wine, the dates, the figs,^[b] and the olive oil, and store them in jars. Go ahead and settle down in the towns that you have taken over.”^{[c] 11} Moreover, all the Judeans who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard what had happened. They heard that the king of Babylon had allowed some people to stay in Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern them. ¹² So all these Judeans returned to the land of Judah from the places where they had been scattered. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Thus they harvested a large amount of wine and dates and figs.^[d]