Jeremiah 40:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Today I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free! If you want to, you can come with me to Babylonia, and I will see that you are taken care of. Or if you decide to stay here, you can go wherever you wish. ⁵ King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] has chosen Gedaliah to rule Judah. You can live near Gedaliah, and he will provide for you, or you can live anywhere else you choose.

Nebuzaradan gave me a supply of food, then let me leave. ⁶ I decided to stay with the people of Judah, and I went to live near Gedaliah in Mizpah.