1. Johanan, Jezaniah, the other army officers, and everyone else in the group, came to me
2. and said, “Please pray to the Lord your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.
3. Ask the Lord to tell us where he wants us to go and what he wants us to do.”
4. “All right,” I answered, “I will pray to the Lord your God, and I will tell you everything he says.”
5. They answered, “The Lord himself will be our witness that we promise to do whatever he says,
16-17. You are afraid of war, starvation, and disease here in Judah, but they will follow you to Egypt and kill you there. None of you will survive the disasters I will send.