Now it happened when 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 proud and insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are ^bnot telling the truth! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to live there.’ 3 But ^aBaruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans, so they may either 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 ^bdisobeyed the voice of the LORD which told them to ^cstay in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took ^aall the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven— 6 the men, women, and children, the ^aking’s daughters (ladies of the court) , and ^bevery person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; he also took ^cJeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 So they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and they went in as far as ^1aTahpanhes.

8 Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in ^aTahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork of the terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s ¹house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the men of Judah; 10 and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get ^1aNebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^bMy servant, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and his majestic, royal ^ccanopy will be spread over them. Ezek 29:19, 20 11 He will also come and ^1astrike the land of Egypt, giving those who are destined for death, to death, and those who are destined for captivity, to captivity, and ^bthose who are destined for the sword, to the sword. 12 And through him I will set fire to the temples of the ^agods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them (Egyptian idols) captive. He will ^bwrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will go away from there safely. 13 Nebuchadnezzar will also break the images and shatter the obelisks of ¹Heliopolis in the land of Egypt; and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”