And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
Gedaliah promised the people that they shouldn't worry about being servants of the Chaldeans. He told them to live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and everything would be okay.