Jer 43
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And it came to pass that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people
all the words of YHWH their God, wherewith YHWH their God had sent him to them, even
all these words,
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then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the
proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: YHWH our God has not sent you to
say, You shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
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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.
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So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people,
obeyed not the voice of YHWH, to dwell in the land of Judah.
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But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant
of Judah, that were returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to sojourn
in the land of Judah;
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the men, and the women, and the children, and the king`s daughters, and every person
that 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;
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and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of YHWH: and they
came to Tahpanhes.
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Then came the word of YHWH to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
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Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is
at the entry of Pharaoh`s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
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and say to them, Thus says YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and
take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon
these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
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And he shall come, and shall smite 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.
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And 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.
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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.