<p class="poetry">My blessing is on those people who trust in me,p> <p class="poetry">who put their confidence in me.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will put a curse on peoplep> <p class="poetry">who trust in mere human beings,p> <p class="poetry">who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and whose hearts<n id="3" /> have turned away from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is what the <sc>Lordsc> says concerning the false prophets:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed.p> <p class="poetry">I tremble all over.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I am like a drunk person,p> <p class="poetry">like a person who has had too much wine,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">because of the way the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and his holy word are being mistreated.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby?p> <p class="poetry">Why then do I see all these strong menp> <p class="poetry">grabbing their stomachs in pain like<n id="2" /> a woman giving birth?p> <p class="poetry">And why do their facesp> <p class="poetry">turn so deathly pale?p>

<p class="poetry">How long will you vacillate,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who were once like an unfaithful daughter?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For I, the <sc>Lordsc>, promise<n id="3" /> to bring about something new<n id="4" /> on the earth,p> <p class="poetry">something as unique as a woman protecting a man!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime.p> <p class="poetry">For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of Davidp> <p class="poetry">or ever succeed in ruling over Judah.&#8221;p>

They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses<n id="1" /> that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah,<n id="2" /> the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.

<p class="bodytext">Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon.