Pero sucedió que cuando Jeremías terminó de hablar a todo el pueblo todas las palabras del SEÑOR su Dios, es decir, todas estas palabras con las cuales el SEÑOR^a su Dios le había enviado, 2 Azarías, hijo de Osaías, y Johanán, hijo de Carea^a, y todos los hombres arrogantes dijeron a Jeremías: Es mentira lo que dices^b. El SEÑOR nuestro Dios no te ha enviado a decir: «No debéis entrar en Egipto para residir allí»; 3 sino que Baruc, hijo de Nerías^a, te incita contra nosotros para entregarnos en mano de los caldeos, a fin de que nos maten o nos deporten a Babilonia. 4 No obedeció, pues, Johanán, hijo de Carea, ni ninguno de los capitanes¹ de las tropas, ni nadie del pueblo^a, la voz del SEÑOR^b, de quedarse en la tierra^c de Judá, 5 sino que Johanán, hijo de Carea, y todos los capitanes¹ de las tropas, tomaron a todo el remanente de Judá^a que había vuelto de todas las naciones a las cuales habían sido dispersados, para residir en la tierra de Judá, 6 a hombres, mujeres y niños, a las hijas del rey y a toda persona que Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, había dejado con Gedalías, hijo de Ahicam^a y nieto¹ de Safán, y también al profeta Jeremías^b y a Baruc, hijo de Nerías, 7 y entraron en la tierra de Egipto (pues no escucharon la voz del SEÑOR) y se adentraron hasta Tafnes^a.

8 Entonces vino la palabra del SEÑOR a Jeremías en Tafnes, diciendo^a: 9 Toma en tus manos¹ piedras grandes y escóndelas en la mezcla en la terraza de ladrillo² que está a la entrada del palacio³ de Faraón en Tafnes, a vista de los⁴ judíos, 10 y diles: «Así dice el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: “He aquí, enviaré a traer a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, siervo mío^a, y pondré su trono sobre estas piedras que he escondido^b, y él extenderá su pabellón sobre ellas. 11 Vendrá y herirá la tierra de Egipto; los que sean para la muerte, a la muerte, los que para el cautiverio, al cautiverio, y los que para la espada^a, a la espada^b. 12 Y prenderá¹ fuego a los templos² de los dioses de Egipto^a, los quemará, y se³ llevará cautivos a sus ídolos. Y se envolverá de la tierra de Egipto como el pastor se envuelve con su capa^b, y saldrá de allí en paz. 13 También quebrará los obeliscos¹ de Heliópolis², que está en la tierra de Egipto, y prenderá fuego a los templos³ de los dioses de Egipto”».

But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the LORD their God had sent to them, had ^afinished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—that is, all these words— 2 Azariah the ^ason of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are ^btelling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’; 3 but ^aBaruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us in order to hand us over to the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon!” 4 So ^aJohanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, ^bdid not obey the voice of the LORD to ^cstay in the land of Judah. 5 Instead, Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the ^aentire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been scattered, in order to reside in the land of Judah— 6 the men, the women, the ¹children, the ^aking’s daughters, and ^bevery person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam ²and grandson of Shaphan, together with ^cJeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah— 7 and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and went in as far as ^aTahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in ^aTahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take some large stones in your ¹hands and hide them in the ²mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s ³palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of ⁴some of the Jews; 10 and say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to send men and get ^aMy servant ^bNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his ^1ccanopy over them. 11 He will also come and ^astrike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and ^bthose for the sword to the sword. 12 And ¹I shall set fire to the temples of the ^agods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will ^2bwrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd ³wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13 He will also smash to pieces the ¹obelisks of ²Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the LORD their God had sent, had ^afinished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—that is, all these words— 2 Azariah the ^ason of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are ^btelling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt to reside there’; 3 but ^aBaruch 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.” 4 So ^aJohanan the son of Kareah and all the ¹commanders of the forces, and all the people, ^bdid not obey the voice of the LORD to ^cstay in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the ¹commanders of the forces took the ^aentire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah— 6 the men, the women, the ¹children, the ^aking’s daughters and ^bevery person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam ²and grandson of Shaphan, together with ^cJeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah— 7 and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and went in as far as ^aTahpanhes.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in ^aTahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take some large stones in your ¹hands and hide them in the mortar in the ²brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s ³palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of ⁴some of the Jews; 10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get ^aNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^bMy servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his ^ccanopy over them. 11 He will also come and ^astrike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and ^bthose for the sword to the sword. 12 And ¹I shall set fire to the temples of the ^agods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will ^bwrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. 13 He will also shatter the ¹obelisks of ²Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”