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,
02 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:
03 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.
04 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.
05 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;
06 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.
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07 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they
obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they
even to Tahpanhes.
08 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah
in Tahpanhes, saying,
09 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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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