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 40:5-7
40:5 Before Jeremiah could turn to leave, the captain of the guard added, “Go back
to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed to govern
the towns of Judah. Go back and live with him
among the people. Or go wherever else you choose.” Then the captain of the guard gave Jeremiah some food and a present and let him go.
40:6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah
and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah.
A Small Judean Province is Established at Mizpah
40:7 Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon.
Jeremiah 40:2
40:2 The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, “The
Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.
Jeremiah 22:12-14
22:12 For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again.”
Judgment on Jehoiakim
22:13 “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice
and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms.
He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
22:14 He says, “I will build myself a large palace
with spacious upper rooms.”
He cuts windows in its walls,
panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.
Jeremiah 25:22
25:22 all the kings of Tyre,
all the kings of Sidon;
all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;
Jeremiah 25:2
25:2 So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 34:20
34:20 I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.