Old Testament · Prophets

Jeremiah chapter 43

When Jeremiah finished telling all the people every word that had sent him to deliver — the entire message —Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the men spoke up to Jeremiah: “You’re . Yahweh our God never sent you to tell us, ‘Don’t go to Egypt to settle there.’It’s son of Neriah who’s turning you against us, trying to hand us over to the so they’ll kill us or drag us off to Babylon as .”So Johanan son of Kareah, all the , and all the people refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in the .Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the military commanders took the entire of Judah — everyone who had come back from all the nations where they’d been and had returned to live in Judah:the men, women, and children, the , and every person that Nebuzaradan the had left with son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan — including Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.They went to Egypt, because they refused to . And they made it all the way to .Then to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:“Pick up some large stones and, while the Judean men are watching, of the brick pavement at the entrance to in Tahpanhes.Then tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh, the , the God of Israel, says: I’m about to send for king of Babylon, and I’ll set his throne right over these stones I’ve had buried here. He’ll spread his above them.When he comes, he’ll strike Egypt. will get death. Those meant for will get captivity. Those meant for will get the sword.I’ll set fire to the . Nebuchadnezzar will burn them down and carry the idol-statues away. He’ll , and he’ll walk out of there untouched.He’ll smash the of the in Egypt and burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.’”