Jeremiah 42:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹ and told them that the Lord God of Israel had said:

You asked Jeremiah to pray and find out what you should do. ¹⁰ I am sorry that I had to punish you, and so I now tell you to stay here in Judah, where I will plant you and build you up, instead of tearing you down and uprooting you. ¹¹ Don't be afraid of the King of Babylonia. I will protect you from him,