Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

1But it happened that as soon as Jeremiah, whom Yahweh their God had sent, had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God—that is, all these words— 2Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie! Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to sojourn there’; 3but 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.” 4So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [†]commanders of the military forces and all the people did not listen to the voice of Yahweh to stay in the land of Judah. 5But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [†]commanders of the military forces took the 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— 6the men, the women, the little ones, the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam [†]and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah— 7and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not listen to the voice of Yahweh) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.

8Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9“Take some large stones in your [†]hands and hide them in the mortar in the [†]brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of [†]some of the Jews; 10and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them. 11He will also come and strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword. 12And [†]I shall set fire to the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13He will also shatter the [†]sacred pillars of [†]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”