Jer 50
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And it came to pass, when Jeremias ceased speaking to the people all the words of
the Lord, for which the Lord had sent him to them, even all these words,
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that Azarias son of Maasaeas spoke, and Joanan, the son of Caree, and all the men
who had spoken to Jeremias, saying, It is Lit. falsehoods false: the Lord has not sent you to us, saying, Enter not into Egypt
to dwell there:
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but Baruch the son of Nerias sets you against us, that you may deliver us into the
hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us, and that we should be carried away captives to
Babylon.
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So Joanan, and all the leaders of the host, and all the people, refused to hearken
to the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Juda.
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And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host, took Gr. the remaining ones of Juda all the remnant of Juda, who had returned
to dwell in the land;
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the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters
of the king, and the souls which Nabuzardan and left with Godolias the son of Achicam
and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.
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And they came into Egypt: for they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord: and they
entered into Taphnas.
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in Taphnas, saying,
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Take you great stones, and hide them in the entrance, at the gate of the house of
Pharao in Taphnas, in the sight of the men of Juda:
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and you shall say, Thus has the Lord said; Behold, I will send, and will bring Nabuchodonosor
king of Babylon, and he shall place his throne upon these stones which you have hidden,
and he shall Or, such as are, and so on lift up weapons against them.
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And he shall enter in, and smite the land of Egypt, delivering some for death to death;
and some for captivity to captivity; and some for the sword to the sword.
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And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn i. e. the temples them, and shall carry i. e. the men
them away captives: and shall Lit. search for vermin in, etc. search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment;
and he shall go forth
in peace.
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And he shall break to pieces the pillars of Heliopolis that are in On, and shall burn
their houses with fire.