Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) — Perek 40

Yirmiyahu is freed and chooses to stay in the land with Gedalyahu, the new Babylonian-appointed governor.

The Babylonian captain Nevuzaradan formally frees Yirmiyahu from his chains at Ramah, offering him the choice to go to Bavel in honor or stay in Yehudah. Yirmiyahu chooses to stay and goes to Gedalyahu at Mitzpah, who has been appointed governor over the remaining poor. Scattered Judean forces gather to Gedalyahu, but Yochanan warns him of an assassination plot by Yishmael.

• Nevuzaradan releases Yirmiyahu
• Yirmiyahu stays with Gedalyahu in Mitzpah
• The gathering of the remnant
• Yochanan warns of Yishmael's plot