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Chapter 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, |
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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. |
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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. |
