Jeremiah 42:3-6 That the Lord thy God may tell us the way whereon we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ That the Lord thy God may tell us the way whereon we should walk, and the thing that we should do. ⁴ Then said Jeremiah the prophet unto them, I have heard you: behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord will answer you, I will tell unto you; I will withhold not a word from you. ⁵ But they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not act entirely according to all the word with which the Lord thy God may send thee to us: ⁶ Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will hearken to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; in order that it may be well with us, when we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God.