Jeremiah 43:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ Baruch son of Neriah must have told you to say that. He wants the Babylonians to capture us, so they can take us away to Babylonia or even kill us.”

⁴ Johanan, the other army officers, and everyone else refused to stay in Judah in spite of the Lord's command. ^5 (A) So Johanan and the officers led us away toward Egypt. The group that left Judah included those who had been scattered in other countries and who had then come back to live in Judah.