1Now when Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God—all these words, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them—
2then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie! Yahweh our God did not send you to say, ‘You shall not go to Egypt to sojourn there.’”
3Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us, in order to hand us over to the Chaldeans, to put us to death and to exile us to Babylon.”
4So Johanan son of Kareah, and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of Yahweh to dwell in the land of Judah.
5But Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah—
6the men, the women, the children, and the daughters of the king, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah—
7and they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of Yahweh, and they came as far as Tahpanhes.
8Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:
9“Take in your hand large stones, and hide them in the mortar in the brick pavement that is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah,
10and say to them: Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am sending and taking Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.
11He will come and strike the land of Egypt: those destined for death, to death; those for captivity, to captivity; and those for the sword, to the sword.
12And I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and carry them off captive. He will wrap the land of Egypt around himself as a shepherd wraps his garment around himself, and he will go out from there in peace.
13He will shatter the sacred pillars of Beth-shemesh, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”
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