Jeremiah 42:1-3

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 42

^1 [a]Then all the military commanders, including Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the lowest to the highest rank, approached ² the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Please grant our petition and intercede for us and for this meager remnant. For where we once were great in number, now there are very few of us that remain, as your eyes can discern. ³ Please petition the Lord, your God, to show us the path we should follow and what we must do.”