Jeremiah 42:7-10

7Ten days after that, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

8So Jeremiah told Kareah's son Johanan, the other army officers and all the people to come to him. That included everyone, important people and ordinary people.

9Jeremiah said to them, ‘You sent me to ask the Lord, Israel's God, what you should do. He says this to you:

10“You should stay here in the land of Judah. If you do that, I will build you up and make you strong again. I will not knock you down. I will help you to grow in the land, like plants with good roots. I will not pull you up. I have punished you with terrible trouble, and that makes me very sad. So now I will help you.