[1] It happened that, when Jeremiah had made an end of 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 spoke Azariah the son of
Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to
Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You
shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there; [3] but Baruch the son of Neriah
sets you on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that
they may put us to death, and 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 the voice of Yahweh, 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 were returned from all the nations where they had
been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah; [6] the men, and the women,
and the children, and 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] and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn`t obey the
voice of Yahweh: and they came to Tahpanhes. [8] Then came the word of
Yahweh 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] and
tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will
send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set
his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his
royal pavilion over them. [11] He shall come, and shall strike the land of
Egypt; such as are for death [shall be given] 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; 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 forth from
there in peace. [13] He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that
is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn
with fire.
