Jeremiah 42:1-6

1Then all the 1commanders of the forces, 2Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people 3both small and great approached 2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our 4petition 5come before you, and 6pray for us to the Lord your God, that is for all this remnant; because we are left but a 7few out of many, as your own eyes now see us, 3that the Lord your God may tell us the 8way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do.” 4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to 9pray to the Lord your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole 10message which the 11Lord will answer you. I will 12not keep back a word from you.” 5Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the 13Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole 14message with which the Lord your God will send you to us. 6Whether it is 15pleasant or 16unpleasant, we will 17listen to the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go 18well with us when we listen to the voice of the Lord our God.”