but (A)Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.” So (B)Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [a]commanders of the forces, and all the people, (C)did not obey the voice of the Lord to (D)stay in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [b]commanders of the forces took the (E)entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah—

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  1. Jeremiah 43:4 Or princes
  2. Jeremiah 43:5 Or princes

But Baruch(A) son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,[a] so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon.”(B)

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people(C) disobeyed the Lord’s command(D) to stay in the land of Judah.(E) Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.(F)

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  1. Jeremiah 43:3 Or Chaldeans