10 We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab commanded us. 11 But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded this land, we said, “Come, we must go to Jerusalem to escape the Babylonian[a] and Aramean armies.” So we have remained in Jerusalem.’

12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 35:11 Or Chaldean