Chapter 43
1 When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God , with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them , even all these words ,
2 then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah , Johanan the son of Kareah , and all the proud men spoke , saying to Jeremiah , " You speak falsely . Yahweh our God has not sent you to say , ‘ You shall not go into Egypt to live there ;’
3 but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us , to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans , that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon."
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah , and all the captains of the forces , and all the people , didn’t obey Yahweh ’s voice , 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 , who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven , to live in the land of Judah —
6 the men , the women , the children , the king ’s daughters , and every person who 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 They came into the land of Egypt , for they didn’t obey Yahweh ’s voice ; and they came to Tahpanhes .
8 Then Yahweh ’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes , saying ,
9 " Take great stones in your hand and hide them in mortar in the brick work which is at the entry of Pharaoh ’s house in Tahpanhes , in the sight of the men of Judah .
10 Tell them , Yahweh of Armies , the God of Israel , says : ‘ Behold , I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant , and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden ; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them .
11 He will come, and will strike the land of Egypt ; such as are for death will be put to death , and such as are for captivity to captivity , and such as are for the sword to the sword .
12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt . He will burn them , and carry them away captive . He will array himself with the land of Egypt , as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace .
13 He will also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh that is in the land of Egypt ; and he will burn the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.’"