was a flaunting disobedience to the voice of the Lord (7). Like Christ (Mt. 26:60–63), Jeremiah appears to have remained silent in face of false accusations. So the unwilling prophet is taken to Daphnae (Tahpanhes, 7; cf. 2:16) on the NE border of Egypt, c. 27 miles SW of Port Said. Tell Defneh was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1886. (f) The Babylonian defeat of Egypt is predicted (43:8–13). The excavations of Tahpanhes revealed a large paved area outside ‘the palace-fort’ (Elephantine Papyri)