Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
1 It happened that when Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God, every word which the Lord had given him to tell them, 2 then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there,’ 3 but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans that they may put us to death and take us captive to Babylon.”
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to live in the land of Judah; 6 the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, along with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 They came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord, and they came to Tahpanhes.
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take great stones in your hand and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah. 10 Tell them, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says, ‘I will send for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and take my servant. I will set his throne over these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 He will come and will strike the land of Egypt. Those destined for death will be put to death, and those destined for captivity to captivity, and those destined for the sword to the sword.
12 I will set fire to the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them down and take the people captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, like a shepherd puts on his garment, and he will leave there in peace. 13 He will also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh that is in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the houses of the gods of Egypt.’ ”