6 even if it isn't what we want to do. We will obey the Lord so that all will go well for us.”
7 Ten days later, the Lord gave me an answer for
8 Johanan, the officers, and the other people. So I called them together
9 and told them that the Lord God of Israel had said:You asked Jeremiah to pray and find out what you should do.
10 I am sorry that I had to punish you, and so I now tell you to stay here in Judah, where I will plant you and build you up, instead of tearing you down and uprooting you.
11 Don't be afraid of the King of Babylonia. I will protect you from him,
12 and I will even force him to have mercy on you and give back your farms.