But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.

The Lord says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’

“Therefore, the Lord who rules over all says, ‘You have not listened to what I said.

I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people,

Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the Lord is about to destroy their lands.

“The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it.

Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them.

For the Lord will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.

The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and the grandson of Shaphan, heard Baruch read from the scroll everything the Lord had said.

So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.

On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it,

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” says the Lord.

The Lord who rules over all said, “I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.