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Flight to Egypt (continued)
43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had
made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of
the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent
him to them, even all these words,
43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan
the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto
Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not
sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against
us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that
they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into
Babylon.
43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the
LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were
returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to
dwell in the land of Judah;
43:6 Even men, and women, and 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.
43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed
not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in
Tahpanhes, saying,
43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the
clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's
house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD 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.
43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt,
and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are
for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to
the sword.
43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of
Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives:
and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a
shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from
thence in peace.
43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that
is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the
Egyptians shall he burn with fire. |
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