The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Jeremiah 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 allthese 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 burnthe houses ofthe gods of Egypt
with fire.’ ”