Jeremiah 42:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Jeremiah Advises Survivors Not to Migrate

42 Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah and Azariah^[a] son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached ² the prophet Jeremiah and said, ‘Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the Lord your God for us—for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see. ³ Let the Lord your God show us where we should go and what we should do.’