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 the
LORD their
God, for which the
LORD 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: the
LORD our
God hath not
sent thee to
say,
Go not into
Egypt to
sojourn there:
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. 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. 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; 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. 7 So they
came into the
land of
Egypt: for they
obeyed not the
voice of the
LORD: thus
came they even to
Tahpanhes. 8 Then came the
word of the
LORD unto
Jeremiah in
Tahpanhes, saying,
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; 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.