40The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah.^e He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives^f from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon. ²When the commander^g of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The Lord your God decreed^h this disasterⁱ for this place.^j ³And now the Lord has brought it about; he has done just as he said he would. All this happened because you people sinned^k against the Lord and did not obey^l him. ⁴But today I am freeing^m you from the chainsⁿ on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please.”^o ⁵However, before Jeremiah turned to go,^a Nebuzaradan added, “Go back to Gedaliah^p son of Ahikam,^q the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed^r over the towns^s of Judah, and live with him among the people, or go anywhere else you please.”^t

Then the commander gave him provisions and a present^u and let him go. ⁶So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah^v and stayed with him among the people who were left behind in the land.

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Footnotes

aOr Jeremiah answered

Cross references

eSee Jos 18:25; 1 Sa 8:4; Mt 2:18
fSee Dt 21:10; See 2 Ki 24:1; See 2 Ch 36:10; Na 3:10
g Ro 13:4
hSee Isa 10:22
iSee 2 Ch 34:24; See Ps 18:18; See Pr 8:36; Gal 6:7–8
jSee Jos 23:15
kSee Pr 13:21; Ro 6:23; Jas 1:15
lSee Lev 26:33; Dt 28:45–52; 29:24–28; 31:17–18; See 1 Ki 9:9; Jer 22:8–9; Da 9:14; Ac 7:39; Ro 2:5–9
m Ps 105:18–20; See Jer 37:14
n La 3:7
oSee Ge 13:9
pSee 2 Ki 25:22
q 2 Ki 22:12–14
r Ne 5:14; Jer 41:2
s Jer 44:2; Zec 1:12
t Jer 39:14
uSee Ge 32:20; See 1 Sa 9:7
vver 10; Jdg 20:1; 1 Sa 7:5–17