Jeremiah 40:1-2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Jeremiah with Gedaliah the Governor

40 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebu′zarad′an the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. ² The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The Lord your God pronounced this evil against this place;