Jeremiah 43
1 And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all
the people all the words of Jehovah their God, wherewith Jehovah their God had
sent him to them, even all these words,
2 then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath
not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
3 but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into
the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away
captive to Babylon.
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the
people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.
5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all
the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had
been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;
6 the men, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters, and every
person that 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;
7 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of
Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.
8 Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9 Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which
is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of
Judah;
10 and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I
will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set
his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal
pavilion over them.
11 And he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death
[shall be given] to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such
as are for the sword to the sword.
12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall
burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land
of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from
thence in peace.
13 He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.