Jeremiah 43:8-13

Expanded Bible

⁸ In Tahpanhes the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah: ⁹ “Take some large stones. Bury them in the clay in the brick pavement in front of the ·king of Egypt’s palace [^Lhouse of Pharaoh] in Tahpanhes. Do this ·while the Jews are watching you [^Lbefore the eyes of the Judeans]. ¹⁰ Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], the God of Israel, says: I will soon send for my servant, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones I have buried, and he will spread his ·covering for shade [canopy] above them. ¹¹ He will come here and ·attack [^Lstrike] Egypt. He will bring death to those who are supposed to die. He will make ·prisoners [exiles] of those who are to be ·taken captive [exiled], and he will bring ·war to [^Lto the sword] those who are to be killed with a sword. ¹² Nebuchadnezzar will ·set [kindle a] fire to the ·temples [^Lhouses] of the gods of Egypt and burn them. And he will take ·the idols [^Lthem] away as captives. As a shepherd ·wraps himself in [or picks lice from] his clothes, so Nebuchadnezzar ·will wrap Egypt around him [or picks the land of Egypt clean]. Then he will safely leave Egypt. ¹³ He will ·destroy [break] the stone pillars in the ·temple [^Lhouse] of the sun god in Egypt, and he will burn ·down [^Lwith fire] the ·temples [^Lhouses] of the gods of Egypt.’”