Jeremiah 12:16
12:16 But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people.
Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal.
But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the
Lord lives, I swear.”
If they do these things,
then they will be included among the people I call my own.
Jeremiah 39:14
39:14 sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah,
the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him.
But Jeremiah stayed among the people.
Jeremiah 40:1
Jeremiah Is Set Free A Second Time
40:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan the captain of the royal guard had set him free at Ramah. He had taken him there in chains along with all the people from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried off to exile to Babylon.
Jeremiah 41:8
41:8 But there were ten men among them who said
to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field.
So he spared their lives and did not kill
them along with the rest.