Shared Word Translation
Jeremiah 43
The People Reject Jeremiah’s Word
When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God with which the LORD their God had sent him to them—all these words— Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are speaking falsehood. The LORD our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there as resident aliens.’ But Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us in order to give us into the hand of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death and carry us into exile to Babylon.” So Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies, and all the people did not listen to the voice of the LORD to remain in the land of Judah.
The Remnant Goes to Egypt
Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies took all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven to live in the land of Judah: the men, women, little children, the king’s daughters, every person whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah. They entered the land of Egypt, for they did not listen to the voice of the LORD, and they came as far as Tahpanhes.
Jeremiah Hides Stones at Tahpanhes
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying, “Take large stones in your hand and hide them in mortar in the pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the Judean men. Say to them: Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Look, I am sending and taking Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them. He will come and strike the land of Egypt: those for death, to death; those for captivity, to captivity; and those for the sword, to the sword. I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and carry them captive. He will wrap the land of Egypt around himself as a shepherd wraps his garment, and he will go out from there in peace. He will break the pillars of Beth-Shemesh that is in the land of Egypt and burn the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.”