Jeremiah 43

New American Standard Bible

In Egypt Jeremiah Warns of Judgment

43 But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the Lord their God had sent to them, had ^(A)finished telling all the people all the words of the Lord their God—that is, all these words— ²Azariah the ^(B)son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are ^(C)telling a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’; ³but ^(D)Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us in order to hand us over to the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon!” ⁴So ^(E)Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, ^(F)did not obey the voice of the Lord to ^(G)stay in the land of Judah. ⁵Instead, Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the ^(H)entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been scattered, in order to reside in the land of Judah— ⁶the men, the women, the ^[a]children, the ^(I)king’s daughters, and ^(J)every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam ^[b]and grandson of Shaphan, together with ^(K)Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah— ⁷and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord) and went in as far as ^(L)Tahpanhes.

⁸Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in ^(M)Tahpanhes, saying, ⁹“Take some large stones in your ^[c]hands and hide them in the ^[d]mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s ^[e]palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of ^[f]some of the Jews; ¹⁰and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to send men and get ^(N)My servant ^(O)Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his ^[g]^(P)canopy over them. ¹¹He will also come and ^(Q)strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and ^(R)those for the sword to the sword. ¹²And ^[h]I shall set fire to the temples of the ^(S)gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will ^[i]^(T)wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd ^[j]wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. ¹³He will also smash to pieces the ^[k]obelisks of ^[l]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 43:6 Lit infants
Jeremiah 43:6 Lit the son
Jeremiah 43:9 Lit hand
Jeremiah 43:9 Or clay floor
Jeremiah 43:9 Lit house
Jeremiah 43:9 Lit men
Jeremiah 43:10 Or carpet
Jeremiah 43:12 Some ancient versions He will set
Jeremiah 43:12 Or delouse the land
Jeremiah 43:12 Or delouses his garment
Jeremiah 43:13 Or stone pillars
Jeremiah 43:13 Heb Beth-shemesh; i.e., the house of the sun-god

Psalm 19

New American Standard Bible

The Works and the Word of God.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

19 The ^(A)heavens tell of the glory of God;
And their ^(B)expanse declares the work of His hands.
²Day to ^(C)day pours forth speech,
And ^(D)night to night reveals knowledge.
³There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
⁴Their ^[a]^(E)line has gone out into all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them He has ^(F)placed a tent for the sun,
⁵Which is like a groom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices like a strong person to run his course.
⁶Its ^(G)rising is from ^[b]one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the ^[c]other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

⁷^(H)The Law of the Lord is ^[d]^(I)perfect, ^(J)restoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is ^(K)sure, making ^(L)wise the simple.
⁸The precepts of the Lord are ^(M)right, ^(N)rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is ^(O)pure, ^(P)enlightening the eyes.
⁹The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are ^(Q)true; they are ^(R)righteous altogether.
¹⁰They are more desirable than ^(S)gold, yes, than much pure gold;
^(T)Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
¹¹Moreover, ^(U)Your servant is warned by them;
In keeping them there is great ^(V)reward.
¹²Who can ^(W)discern his errors? ^(X)Acquit me of ^(Y)hidden faults.
¹³Also keep Your servant back ^(Z)from presumptuous sins;
Let them not ^(AA)rule over me;
Then I will be ^(AB)innocent,
And I will be blameless of ^(AC)great wrongdoing.
¹⁴May the words of my mouth and ^(AD)the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
Lord, ^(AE)my rock and my ^(AF)Redeemer.