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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,
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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◦.
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So they came into the land of Egypt; for they hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah: thus came they even to Taḥpanḥes.
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And the word of Jehovah was to▵ Jeremiah◦ in Taḥpanḥes, saying,
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
