Jeremiah 43:8-13

Common English Bible

⁸ The Lord’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: ⁹ Take some large stones and set them in the clay pavement^[a] in front of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes while the people of Judah are watching. ¹⁰ After that, say to the people: The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, proclaims: I’m sending for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who^[b] will set his throne over these stones and will spread his canopy over them. ¹¹ He will come and ravage the land of Egypt:

¹² He will set on fire^[c] the temples of the Egyptian gods. He will burn them down and carry off their gods. He will wrap the land of Egypt around himself, just as a shepherd wraps^[d] his garment around himself, and he will move on unharmed.^{[e] 13} He will shatter the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.