Jer 43:1 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,
Jer 43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah,
and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our
God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jer 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver
us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us
away captives into Babylon.
Jer 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and
all the people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jer 43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took
all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had
been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
Jer 43:6 Even men, and women, and 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.
Jer 43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of
the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Jer 43:8 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Jer 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the
brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight
of the men of Judah;
Jer 43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 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.
Jer 43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such
as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such
as are for the sword to the sword.
Jer 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he
shall burn them, and carry them away captives: 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.
Jer 43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.