⁴ “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray^(A) to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell^(B) you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”^(C)

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true^(D) and faithful^(E) witness^(F) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. ⁶ Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well^(G) with us, for we will obey^(H) the Lord our God.”