¹⁴ they even sent word and ^(A)took Jeremiah out of the courtyard of the guardhouse and entrusted him to ^(B)Gedaliah, the son of ^(C)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.

⁵ As ^[a]Jeremiah was still not going back, ^[b]he said, “Go on back then to ^(A)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has ^(B)appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ^(C)ration and a ^(D)gift, and let him go. ⁶ Then Jeremiah went to ^(E)Mizpah to ^(F)Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.