⁸ But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded^(A) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized^(B) him and said, “You must die!^(C)

⁹ He said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition,^(A) says:^{(B) 10} ‘If you stay in this land,^(C) I will build^(D) you up and not tear you down; I will plant^(E) you and not uproot you,^(F) for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.^{(G) 11} Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon,^(H) whom you now fear.^(I) Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save^(J) you and deliver you from his hands.^{(K) 12} I will show you compassion^(L) so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.’^(M)

¹³ “However, if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and so disobey^(N) the Lord your God, ¹⁴ and if you say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt,^(O) where we will not see war or hear the trumpet^(P) or be hungry for bread,’^{(Q) 15} then hear the word of the Lord,^(R) you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and you do go to settle there, ¹⁶ then the sword^(S) you fear^(T) will overtake you there, and the famine^(U) you dread will follow you into Egypt, and there you will die.^{(V) 17} Indeed, all who are determined to go to Egypt to settle there will die by the sword, famine and plague;^(W) not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’ ¹⁸ This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath^(X) have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem,^(Y) so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse^[a](Z) and an object of horror,^(AA) a curse^[b] and an object of reproach;^(AB) you will never see this place again.’^(AC)

¹⁹ “Remnant^(AD) of Judah, the Lord has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’^(AE) Be sure of this: I warn you today ²⁰ that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’^{(AF) 21} I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the Lord your God in all he sent me to tell you.^{(AG) 22} So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine^(AH) and plague^(AI) in the place where you want to go to settle.”^(AJ)