King James Version
Jeremiah • Chapter 43
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And it happened, when Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God which the Lord their God had sent him to them, all these words.
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And Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Jonathan son of Kareah and all the men who were wicked said to Jeremiah, "You are speaking falsely; the Lord our God has not sent you to say, 'You shall not go to Egypt to dwell there.'"
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For blessed is the son of Neriah who misleads you for the sake of giving us into the hand of the Chaldeans to kill us and to exile us to Babylon.
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And Johanan son of Kareah and all the leaders of the armies and all the people did not listen to the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah.
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And Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the troops took all the remnant of Judah that had returned from all the nations where they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah.
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The men and the women and the children and the daughters of the king and all the souls that Nebuzaradan the chief of the slaughterers left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.
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And they came to the land of Egypt because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, and they came as far as Tachpanhes.
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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying.
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Take in your hand great stones and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork that is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes in the sight of the Jewish people.
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And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am sending and I will take Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, My servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden and I will spread his canopy over them.
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And he came and struck the land of Egypt, that which is for death to death, and that which is for captivity to captivity, and that which is for the sword to the sword.
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And I will set fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and they will burn, and I will cover the land of Egypt as a shepherd covers his garment, and he will come out from there in peace.
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And I will break the pillars of the house of the sun which are in the land of Egypt, and I will burn the houses of the gods of Egypt with fire.