Jeremiah 43
43
The People Go to Egypt
1I told the people everything the Lord had told me. 2But Azariah, Johanan#43.2 Azariah, Johanan: Hebrew “Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah.” and some other arrogant men said to me, “You're lying! The Lord didn't tell you to say that we shouldn't go to Egypt. 3Baruch son of Neriah must have told you to say that. He wants the Babylonians to capture us, so they can take us away to Babylonia or even kill us.”
4Johanan, the other army officers, and everyone else refused to stay in Judah in spite of the Lord's command. 5#2 K 25.26. So Johanan and the officers led us away toward Egypt. The group that left Judah included those who had been scattered in other countries and who had then come back to live in Judah. 6Baruch and I and others in the group had been staying with Gedaliah, because Nebuzaradan, the Babylonian officer in charge of the guard, had ordered him to take care of the king's daughters and quite a few men, women, and children.
7The people disobeyed the Lord and went to Egypt. The group had settled in Tahpanhes, 8when the Lord told me:
9Jeremiah, carry some large stones to the entrance of the government building in Tahpanhes. Bury the stones underneath the brick pavement#43.9 underneath the brick pavement: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. and be sure the Jews are watching.
10Then tell them that I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, have sent for my servant, Nebuchadnezzar#43.10 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2. of Babylonia. I will bring him here and have him set up his throne and his royal tent over these stones that I told you to bury. 11He will attack Egypt and kill many of its people; others will die of disease or be dragged away as prisoners. 12-13I will let him set Egypt's temples on fire, and he will either burn or carry off their idols. He will destroy the sacred monuments at the temple of the sun-god.#43.12,13 at the temple of the sun-god: Or “in the city of Heliopolis.” Then Nebuchadnezzar will pick the land clean, just like a shepherd picking the lice off his clothes. And he will return safely home.
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Jeremiah 43
43
Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
1Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the #Jer. 42:9–18words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words, 2#Jer. 42:1that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’ 3But #Jer. 36:4; 45:1Baruch the son of Neriah has set 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.” 4So Johanan the son of Kareah, all the captains of the forces, and all the people would #2 Kin. 25:26not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. 5But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took #Jer. 40:11, 12all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations where they had been driven— 6men, women, children, #Jer. 41:10the king’s daughters, #Jer. 39:10; 40:7and every person whom 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#Jer. 42:19So they went to the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as #Jer. 2:16; 44:1Tahpanhes.
8Then the #Jer. 44:1–30word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9“Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes; 10and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will send and bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, #Jer. 25:9; 27:6; Ezek. 29:18, 20My servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread his royal pavilion over them. 11#Is. 19:1–25; Jer. 25:15–19; 44:13; 46:1, 2, 13–26; Ezek. 29:19, 20When he comes, he shall strike the land of Egypt and deliver to death #Jer. 15:2; Zech. 11:9those appointed for death, and to captivity those appointed for captivity, and to the sword those appointed for the sword. 12I will kindle a fire in the houses of #Ex. 12:12; Is. 19:1; Jer. 46:25; Ezek. 30:13the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace. 13He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”
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