¹ And it was, that when Jeremiah^◦ had completed speaking unto all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, for which Jehovah their God had sent him to them, even all these words,

² and Azariah the son of Hoshaiah said, and Johanan the son of Kareaḥ, and all the presumptuous men^◦, were saying to^▵ Jeremiah^◦, Thou^◦ speakest falsely; Jehovah our God has not sent thee to say, You shall not go·​·into Egypt to sojourn there:

³ but^◦ Baruch the son of Neriah incites thee against^◦ us, in·​·order·​·to give us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put· us ·to·​·death, and exile us to Babylon.

⁴ So Johanan the son of Kareaḥ, and all the commanders^◦ of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah.

⁵ But Johanan the son of Kareaḥ, and all the commanders^◦ of the forces, took all who were left of Judah, who had returned from all the nations, whither they had been expelled, to sojourn in the land of Judah;

⁶ the men^▫, and the women, and the infants, and the daughters of the king, and every soul that Nebuzaradan the major of the guards^◦ let·​·stay with Gedaliah^◦ the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah^◦ the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah^◦.

⁷ So they came into the land of Egypt; for they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah: thus came they even to Taḥpanḥes.

⁸ And the word of Jehovah was to^▵ Jeremiah^◦ in Taḥpanḥes, saying,

⁹ Take great stones in thy hand, and conceal them in the clay^◦ in the brickkiln, which is at the entrance of the house of Pharaoh in Taḥpanḥes, before the eyes of the men^◦ of Judah;

¹⁰ and say unto^▵ them, Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne above these stones that I have concealed; and he shall stretch his pavilion over them.

¹¹ And 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.

¹² And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn· them ·up, and take· them ·captive; and he shall cloak himself with the land of Egypt, as^◦ the shepherd cloaks himself with^◦ his garment; and he shall go·​·out from thence in peace.

¹³ He 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.