Jeremiah 40:10 meaning and explanation
As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”
Jeremiah 40:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Gedaliah, appointed by the king of Babylon as governor over the poor remnant left in Judah, speaks to the commanders and their men gathered at Mizpah. He will stay there to represent them before the Chaldeans, the Babylonian officials, while they settle in the towns they have taken and harvest the vineyards, summer fruit and olive oil.
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