[1] And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all
the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had
sent him to say to them, even all these words, [2] Then Azariah, the son of
Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to
Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to
say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place
there: [3] But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give
us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death,
and take us away prisoners into Babylon. [4] So Johanan, the son of Kareah,
and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not give ear to
the order of the Lord that they were to go on living in the land of Judah.
[5] But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces took
all the rest of Judah who had come back into the land of Judah from all the
nations where they had been forced to go; [6] The men and the women and the
children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the
captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of
Neriah; [7] And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear
to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes. [8] Then the word of
the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, [9] Take in your hand some
great stones, and put them in a safe place in the paste in the brickwork
which is at the way into Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of
the men of Judah; [10] And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies,
the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar, the
king of Babylon, my servant, and he will put the seat of his kingdom on
these stones which have been put in a safe place here by you; and his tent
will be stretched over them. [11] And he will come and overcome the land of
Egypt; those who are for death will be put to death, those who are to be
prisoners will be made prisoners, and those who are for the sword will be
given to the sword. [12] And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods
of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a
keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in
peace. [13] And the stone pillars of Beth-shemesh in the land of Egypt will
be broken by him, and the houses of the gods of Egypt burned with fire.
