Jeremiah 43
Legacy Standard Bible
Jeremiah Taken to Egypt
43 But it happened that as soon as Jeremiah, whom Yahweh their God had sent, had (A)finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God—that is, all these words— 2 Azariah the (B)son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are (C)speaking a lie! Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to sojourn there’; 3 but (D)Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.” 4 So (E)Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [a]commanders of the military forces and all the people (F)did not listen to the voice of Yahweh to (G)stay in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [b]commanders of the military forces took the (H)entire remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations to which they had been banished, in order to sojourn in the land of Judah— 6 the men, the women, the little ones, the (I)king’s daughters, and (J)every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam [c]and grandson of Shaphan, together with (K)Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah— 7 and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh) and went in as far as (L)Tahpanhes.
8 Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in (M)Tahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take some large stones in your [d]hands and hide them in the mortar in the [e]brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of [f]some of the Jews; 10 and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get (N)Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (O)My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his (P)canopy over them. 11 He 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. 12 And [g]I shall set fire to the houses of the (S)gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will (T)wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13 He will also shatter the [h]sacred pillars of [i]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 43:4 Or princes
- Jeremiah 43:5 Or princes
- Jeremiah 43:6 Lit the son
- Jeremiah 43:9 Lit hand
- Jeremiah 43:9 Or brickwork
- Jeremiah 43:9 Lit men
- Jeremiah 43:12 Some ancient versions He will set
- Jeremiah 43:13 Or obelisks
- Jeremiah 43:13 The house of the sun-god; Heb Beth-shemesh
Jeremiah 43
International Standard Version
The Refugees Reject the Lord’s Instruction
43 When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words that the Lord their God had sent him to tell them—that is, all these words— 2 Hoshaiah’s son Azariah, Kareah’s son Johanan, and all the arrogant men told Jeremiah, “You’re lying! The Lord our God didn’t send you to say, ‘Don’t go to Egypt to settle there.’ 3 Indeed, Neriah’s son Baruch is inciting you against us in order to give us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us, or to take us into exile to Babylon.”
4 So Kareah’s son Johanan, all the military leaders, and all the people did not obey the instructions given by[a] the Lord to remain in the land of Judah. 5 Kareah’s son Johanan and all the military leaders took the entire remnant of Judah that had returned from all the nations where they had been scattered to settle in the land of Judah— 6 the young men, the women, the children, the daughters of the king, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Ahikam’s son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, along with Jeremiah the prophet and Neriah’s son Baruch. 7 So they went into the land of Egypt, because they did not obey the Lord, and they travelled as far as Tahpanhes.[b]
Nebuchadnezzar’s Invasion of Egypt Predicted
8 Then this message from the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: 9 “Take large stones in your hands, and, in the sight of the men of Judah, bury them in the mortar of the brickwork at the entrance of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes. 10 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I’m going to send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I’ll take him and set his throne over these stones that I’ve buried, and he will spread his canopy over them. 11 He will come and attack the land of Egypt—those meant for death will be put to death, those meant for captivity will be taken captive, and those meant for the sword will be put to the sword. 12 He[c] will set fire to the temples[d] of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their idols[e] and take them captive. He will wrap himself with the land of Egypt like a shepherd wraps himself with a garment, and then he will leave from there in peace. 13 He will shatter the pillars of Heliopolis[f] in the land of Egypt and will burn the temples of the gods of Egypt with fire.”’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 43:4 The Heb. lacks the instructions given by
- Jeremiah 43:7 Tahpanhes was a city in the delta region of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 43:12 So LXX; Heb. reads I
- Jeremiah 43:12 Lit. houses; and so throughout the section
- Jeremiah 43:12 Lit. them
- Jeremiah 43:13 Lit. beth-shemesh; i.e. house of the sun
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