Jeremiah 43:7–10

7 They went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.c

GOD’S SIGN TO THE PEOPLE IN EGYPT

8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: 9 “Pick up some large stones and set them in the mortar of the brick pavement that is at the opening of Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. Do this in the sight of the Judean men 10 and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will place his throne on these stones that I have embedded, and he will pitch his pavilion over them.