1And it came to pass that , when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God , wherewith Jehovah their 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 , Thou speakest falsely : Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say , Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there ; 3but Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us , to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans , that they may put us to death , and carry us away captive to Babylon. 4So Johanan the son of Kareah , and all the captains of the forces , and all the people , obeyed not the voice of Jehovah , to dwell in the land of Judah . 5But Johanan the son of Kareah , and all the captains of the forces , took all the remnant of Judah , that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven , to sojourn in the land of Judah ; 6the men , and the women , and the children , and the king ’s daughters , and every person that Nebuzaradan 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 . 7And they came into the land of Egypt ; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah : and they came unto Tahpanhes .
The People's Rebellion and Decision to Go to Egypt
8Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes , saying , 9Take great stones in thy hand , and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entry of Pharaoh ’s house in Tahpanhes , in the sight of the men of Judah ; 10and say unto them , Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of 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 he shall come, and shall smite the land of Egypt ; such as are for death shall be given 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 captive : and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt , as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace . 13He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh , that is in the land of Egypt ; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.