Jeremiah 43
43
Off to Egypt with Jeremiah and Baruch
1When Jeremiah finished telling the people all the words of the LORD their God—he didn’t omit anything the LORD sent him to convey— 2Azariah, Hoshaiah’s son, and Johanan, Kareah’s son, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You’re lying to us! The LORD our God didn’t send you to tell us not to go to Egypt to live. 3It’s Baruch, Neriah’s son, who put you up to it so that we end up in the hands of the Babylonians, who will either kill us or deport us to Babylon.”
4So Johanan, Kareah’s son, and all the army officers and the rest of the people disobeyed the LORD’s command to stay in the land of Judah. 5Johanan, Kareah’s son, and all the army officers took the remaining Judeans who had returned to the land of Judah after being scattered among the nations— 6men, women, children, the king’s daughters, everyone Nebuzaradan the captain of the special guard had left with Gedaliah, Ahikam’s son and Shaphan’s grandson, including Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, Neriah’s son. 7They went to the land of Egypt, as far as Tahpanhes, for they wouldn’t obey the LORD.
8The LORD’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: 9Take some large stones and set them in the clay pavement#43.9 Heb uncertain in front of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes while the people of Judah are watching. 10After that, say to the people: The LORD of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I’m sending for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who#43.10 LXX; MT I will set his throne over these stones and will spread his canopy over them. 11He will come and ravage the land of Egypt:
those marked for disaster, to disaster,
and those marked for exile, to exile.
and those marked for war, to war.
12He will set on fire#43.12 LXX, Syr; MT I will set on fire the temples of the Egyptian gods. He will burn them down and carry off their gods. He will wrap the land of Egypt around himself, just as a shepherd wraps#43.12 Or picks clean his garment around himself, and he will move on unharmed.#43.12 Heb uncertain 13He will shatter the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.
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Jeremiah 43
43
Jeremiah is Taken to Egypt
1I finished telling the people everything that the LORD their God had sent me to tell them. 2Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other arrogant men said to me, “You are lying. The LORD our God did not send you to tell us not to go and live in Egypt. 3Baruch son of Neriah has stirred you up against us, so that the Babylonians will gain power over us and can either kill us or take us away to Babylonia.” 4So neither Johanan nor any of the army officers nor any of the people would obey the LORD's command to remain in the land of Judah. 5#2 Kgs 25.26Then Johanan and all the army officers took everybody left in Judah away to Egypt, together with all the people who had returned from the nations where they had been scattered: 6the men, the women, the children, and the king's daughters. They took everyone whom Nebuzaradan the commanding officer had left under the care of Gedaliah, including Baruch and me. 7They disobeyed the LORD's command and went into Egypt as far as the city of Tahpanhes.
8There the LORD said to me, 9“Get some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the pavement#43.9 Probable text bury them… pavement; Hebrew unclear. in front of the entrance to the government building here in the city, and let some of the Israelites see you do it. 10Then tell them that I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, am going to bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to this place, and he#43.10 Some ancient translations he; Hebrew I. will put his throne over these stones that you#43.10 Some ancient translations you; Hebrew I. buried, and will spread the royal tent over them. 11Nebuchadnezzar will come and defeat Egypt. Those people who are doomed to die of disease will die of disease, those doomed to be taken away as prisoners will be taken away as prisoners, and those doomed to be killed in war will be killed in war. 12I will set fire to the temples of Egypt's gods, and the king of Babylonia will either burn their gods or carry them off. As shepherds pick their clothes clean of lice, so the king of Babylonia will pick the land of Egypt clean and then leave victorious. 13He will destroy the sacred stone monuments at Heliopolis in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.”
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