Chapter 43.
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, then spake Azariah the son of Hoshea,
and Johanan the son of Korea, 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.
But Barak, the son of Nariah, 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.
So Johanan the son of Korea, 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.
But Johanan the son of Korea, 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.
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person
that Nebuchadnezzar, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah,
the son of Ahicham, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Barak,
the son of Nariah.
So they came into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord.
Thus came they even to Tappanese.
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tappanese, saying,
Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick
kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house, in Tappanese, at the site of the
men of Judah.
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold,
I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar, 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.
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.
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.
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of
Egypt, and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.