“Then he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jeremiah 42 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.