“Then all the guerrilla leaders, including Johanan, son of Kareah and Jezaniah, son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, approached Jeremiah, the prophet. They said, ‘Please pray to the Lord your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what were were before. Pray that the Lord your God will show us what to do and where to go.’
‘All right,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘I will pray to the Lord your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.’
Then they said to Jeremiah,’May the Lord your God be a faithful witness agains us if we refuse to obey whatever He tells us to do! Whether we like it or not, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you our plea. For if we obey Him, everything will turn out well for us.'” (vv 1-6, NLT)