| 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, |
| 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. |
