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Jeremiah 43

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

1And it came to pass, when Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, with which the LORD their God had sent him to them—all these words— 2that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the insolent men^a, spoke, saying to Jeremiah: Falsely you are speaking; the LORD our God has not sent you to say: Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there; 3but Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us, in order to give us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, and to carry us into exile to Babylon.

4And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not listen to the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah: 6the mighty men, and the women^b, and the little ones, and the daughters of the king, and every soul^c whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;

7and they entered the land of Egypt, for they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; and they came to Tahpanhes.

8And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying: 9Take in your hand great stones, and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork that is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, in the eyes of the men of Judah;

10and say to them: Thus said the LORD of hosts^d, God of Israel: Behold, I am sending and will take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them. 11And he will come, and strike the land of Egypt: those who are for death, to death; and those who are for captivity, to captivity; and those who are for the sword, to the sword.

12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and carry them captive; and he will wrap up the land of Egypt as the shepherd wraps up his garment, and he will go out from there in peace. 13And he will break the pillars of Beth-shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.