24 Ged·a·liʹah swore an oath to them and their men and said to them: “Do not be afraid of being servants to the Chal·deʹans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”+

11 “‘“‘But the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will allow to remain* on its land,’ declares Jehovah, ‘to cultivate it and dwell in it.’”’”