1And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Yahuah (LORD) their Elohim (God), for which Yahuah (LORD) their Elohim (God) had sent him to them, even all these words,
2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahuah Eloheinu (the LORD our God) has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
3But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
4So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Yahuah (LORD), to dwell in the land of Yahudah (Judah).
5But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Yahudah (Judah), that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Yahudah (Judah);
6Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
7So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of Yahuah (LORD): thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
8Then came the word of Yahuah (LORD) unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Yahudah (Judah);
10And say unto them, Thus says Yahuah Tseva'ot (LORD of hosts), the Elohim (God) of Yashar'el (Israel); Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
11And when he comes, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
13He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.