OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 8

Jeremiah 43:8

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Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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Jeremiah 43:5–11

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But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces 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—

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the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person who 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.

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They came into the land of Egypt, for they didn’t obey the LORD’s voice; and they came to Tahpanhes.

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Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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“Take great stones in your hand and hide them in mortar in the brick work which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.

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Tell them, the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

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He will come, and will strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death will be put to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

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