When Jeremiah had finished telling the people all the words of the Lord their God—everything the Lord had sent him to tell themⁱ—²Azariah son of Hoshaiah^j and Johanan^k son of Kareah and all the arrogant^l men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying!^m The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’ⁿ ³But Baruch^o son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,^a so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon.”^p

⁴So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people^q disobeyed the Lord’s command^r to stay in the land of Judah.^s ⁵Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.^t ⁶They also led away all those whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan—the men, the women,^u the children and the king’s daughters. And they took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch^v son of Neriah along with them. ⁷So they entered Egypt^w in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.^x

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Cross references

i Jer 26:8; 42:9–22
jSee Jer 41:16
k Jer 40:16
lSee Ne 9:29; 1 Co 4:18–21
mSee Ge 19:14; See Dt 13:3; Ro 9:1; 2 Co 11:31; 1 Ti 2:7
nSee Ex 24:7; 2 Ki 25:24; Jer 18:19; See 42:19; Eze 37:14
oSee Jer 32:12
p Jer 38:4; 41:18; 52:30
qSee Jer 41:16
r 2 Ch 25:16; Jer 42:5–6
s Jer 42:10
t Jer 40:12
uSee Jer 6:12
vSee Jer 32:12
wSee 2 Ki 25:26
x Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14; Eze 30:18