耶利米被带到埃及

43 耶利米向众人宣告了他们的上帝耶和华的话,就是他们的上帝耶和华派他去说的一切话。 何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅、加利亚的儿子约哈难和一些狂妄之徒对耶利米说:“你在撒谎!我们的上帝耶和华并没有派你来告诉我们不可去埃及住。 是尼利亚的儿子巴录怂恿你反对我们,好叫我们落在迦勒底人手中,任由他们宰杀或掳到巴比伦。” 于是,加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领及民众都不听从耶和华让他们留在犹大的命令。 5-7 加利亚的儿子约哈难和众将领率领民众下到埃及的答比匿。民众中有流亡到各国又返回犹大的余民和护卫长尼布撒拉旦留给沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利管理的男女妇孺、公主以及耶利米先知和尼利亚的儿子巴录。他们没有听从耶和华的命令。

耶和华在答比匿对耶利米说: “你当着犹大人的面搬几块大石头,埋在答比匿的法老宫门前的砖路下面, 10 然后告诉他们以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华说,‘看啊,我必召来我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒,把他的宝座安置在我让你埋的石头上面,他要在上面搭起他的帐篷。 11 他要前来攻打埃及,叫那些该死的死、该被掳的被掳、该被杀的被杀。 12 他要焚烧埃及的神庙,掳走神像;他要像牧人披上外衣一样轻而易举地征服埃及,然后安然离去。 13 他要摧毁埃及太阳神庙的神柱,烧毁埃及的神庙。’”

耶利米被帶到埃及

43 耶利米向眾人宣告了他們的上帝耶和華的話,就是他們的上帝耶和華派他去說的一切話。 何沙雅的兒子亞撒利雅、加利亞的兒子約哈難和一些狂妄之徒對耶利米說:「你在撒謊!我們的上帝耶和華並沒有派你來告訴我們不可去埃及住。 是尼利亞的兒子巴錄慫恿你反對我們,好叫我們落在迦勒底人手中,任由他們宰殺或擄到巴比倫。」 於是,加利亞的兒子約哈難和眾將領及民眾都不聽從耶和華讓他們留在猶大的命令。 5-7 加利亞的兒子約哈難和眾將領率領民眾下到埃及的答比匿。民眾中有流亡到各國又返回猶大的餘民和護衛長尼布撒拉旦留給沙番的孫子、亞希甘的兒子基大利管理的男女婦孺、公主以及耶利米先知和尼利亞的兒子巴錄。他們沒有聽從耶和華的命令。

耶和華在答比匿對耶利米說: 「你當著猶大人的面搬幾塊大石頭,埋在答比匿的法老宮門前的磚路下面, 10 然後告訴他們以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說,『看啊,我必召來我的僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒,把他的寶座安置在我讓你埋的石頭上面,他要在上面搭起他的帳篷。 11 他要前來攻打埃及,叫那些該死的死、該被擄的被擄、該被殺的被殺。 12 他要焚燒埃及的神廟,擄走神像;他要像牧人披上外衣一樣輕而易舉地征服埃及,然後安然離去。 13 他要摧毀埃及太陽神廟的神柱,燒毀埃及的神廟。』」

43 When Jeremiah had finished telling the people all the words of the Lord their God—everything the Lord had sent him to tell them(A) Azariah son of Hoshaiah(B) and Johanan(C) son of Kareah and all the arrogant(D) men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying!(E) The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’(F) But Baruch(G) son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Babylonians,[a] so they may kill us or carry us into exile to Babylon.”(H)

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people(I) disobeyed the Lord’s command(J) to stay in the land of Judah.(K) Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.(L) They also led away all those whom Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan—the men, the women,(M) the children and the king’s daughters. And they took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch(N) son of Neriah along with them. So they entered Egypt(O) in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.(P)

In Tahpanhes(Q) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “While the Jews are watching, take some large stones(R) with you and bury them in clay in the brick(S) pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace(T) in Tahpanhes. 10 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant(U) Nebuchadnezzar(V) king of Babylon, and I will set his throne(W) over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy(X) above them. 11 He will come and attack Egypt,(Y) bringing death(Z) to those destined(AA) for death, captivity to those destined for captivity,(AB) and the sword to those destined for the sword.(AC) 12 He will set fire(AD) to the temples(AE) of the gods(AF) of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.(AG) As a shepherd picks(AH) his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. 13 There in the temple of the sun[b](AI) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(AJ) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 43:3 Or Chaldeans
  2. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis

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 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:

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.

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.

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;

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.

So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.