All the people disobeyed

Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, "Please hear our petition and pray to YHWH your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left. Pray that YHWH your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

"I have heard you," replied Jeremiah the prophet. "I will certainly pray to YHWH your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything YHWH says and will keep nothing back from you."

Ten days later the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah. So he called together Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people from the least to the greatest. He said to them, "This is what YHWH, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says: 'If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you...

When Jeremiah finished telling the people all the words of YHWH their God—everything YHWH had sent him to tell them - Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are lying! YHWH our God has not sent you to say, 'You must not go to Egypt to settle there.' But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians, so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon."

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed YHWH's command to stay in the land of Judah.


Jeremiah 42:1-4,7-10 43:1-4 NIV

[Yahweh, give us hearts that genuinely thirst after you and obey your commands.]