Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

43 When Jeremiah had finished giving this message from the Lord their God to all the people,

⁸ But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the Lord had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.

⁶³ When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.

²² So you can be sure that you will die from war, famine, and disease in Egypt, where you insist on going.”

²⁷ for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

²⁰ “Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

³ Pray that the Lord your God will show us what to do and where to go.”

⁴ “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the Lord your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do!

² “This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the Lord, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.