Jeremiah 43

And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words; ²then spake Azariah the son of ^aHoshaiah, and ^bJohanan the son of Kareah, and all the ^cproud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, ^dGo not into Egypt to sojourn there: ³but ^eBaruch the son of Neriah ^fsetteth thee on against us, ^gfor to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. ⁴So ^bJohanan the son of Kareah, and ^hall the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah. ⁵But ^bJohanan the son of Kareah, and ^hall the captains of the forces, took ⁱall the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah: ⁶Even ^kmen, and ^kwomen, and children, and ^lthe king’s daughters, and every person that ^mNebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and ^eBaruch the son of Neriah. ⁷So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to ⁿTahpanhes.

⁸Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in ⁿTahpanhes, saying, ⁹Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in ^othe brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in ⁿTahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; ¹⁰and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, ^pmy servant, and ^qwill set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. ¹¹And when he cometh, ^rhe shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver ^ssuch as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. ¹²And ^tI will kindle a fire in the houses of ^uthe gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and ^vcarry them away captives: and he shall ^vvarray himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. ¹³He shall break also the ^wimages of Beth-shemesh, ^xthat is in the land of Egypt; and ^uthe houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

XLIV.