The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for
which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
JER 43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of
Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest
falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt
to sojourn there:
JER 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for
to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to
death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
JER 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the
forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell
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