⁷ Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poorest of the land, those who had not been taken away to Babylon;

¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

² Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

³ For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

⁴ These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵ For thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.