Jeremiah 50
1 And it came to pass, when Jeremiah
ceased speaking to the people all the words of the Lord,
for which the Lord had sent him to them,
even all these words,
2 that Azarias son of Maasæas spoke,
and Joanan, the son of Careë, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremiah,
saying, It is false: the Lord has not sent thee to
us, saying, Enter not into Egypt to dwell there:
3 but Baruch the son of Nerias sets
thee against us, that thou mayest deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans,
to kill us, and that we should be carried away captives to Babylon.
4 So Joanan, and all the leaders of
the host, and all the people, refused to hearken to the voice of the Lord, to
dwell in the land of Juda.
5 And Joanan, and all the leaders of
the host, took all the remnant of Juda, who had returned to dwell in the land;
6 the mighty men, and the women, and
the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls
which Nabuzardan had left with Godolias the son of Achicam, and Jeremiah the
prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.
7 And they came into Egypt: for they
hearkened not to the voice of the Lord: and they entered into Taphnas.
8 And the word of the Lord came to
Jeremiah in Taphnas, saying, 9 Take
thee great stones, and hide them in the entrance, at the gate of the house of
Pharao in Taphnas, in the sight of the men of Juda:
10 and thou shalt say, Thus has the
Lord said; Behold, I will send, and will bring
Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and he shall place his throne upon these
stones which thou hast hidden, and he shall lift up weapons against them.
11 And he shall enter in, and smite
the land of Egypt, delivering some for death to
death; and some for captivity to captivity; and some for the sword to the
sword. 12 And he shall kindle a fire
in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away
captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his
garment; and he shall go forth in peace.
13 And he shall break to pieces the
pillars of Heliopolis that are in On, and shall burn their houses with fire.