Jeremiah 43:8-13
New American Standard Bible
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in (A)Tahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take some large stones in your [a]hands and hide them in the [b]mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s [c]palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of [d]some of the Jews; 10 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to send men and get (B)My servant (C)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 [e](D)canopy over them. 11 He will also come and (E)strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and (F)those for the sword to the sword. 12 And [f]I shall set fire to the temples of the (G)gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will [g](H)wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd [h]wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13 He will also smash to pieces the [i]obelisks of [j]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”
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- 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
Jeremiah 43:8-13
International Standard Version
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[a] will set fire to the temples[b] of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their idols[c] 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[d] in the land of Egypt and will burn the temples of the gods of Egypt with fire.”’”
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- 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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