1 ¶ After Jeremiah had finished telling the people everything the LORD their God had said, all the words the LORD their God had sent him to tell them,

2 Then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud and insolent men, said to Jeremiah, You are lying: the LORD our God has not sent you to tell us, Do not to go into Egypt to live there:

3 But Baruch the son of Neriah is stirring you up against us, in order to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, so that they might put us to death, and carry us away into Babylon as captives.

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the military leaders, and all the people, refused to listen to what the LORD had said, and remain in the land of Judah.

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the troop commanders, took all who were left in Judah, all who had returned from the nations, where they had been driven, to live in the land of Judah;

6 Including men, women, and children, as well as the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, including Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

7 And they went into the land of Egypt: because they refused to obey the voice of the LORD: thus they arrived in Tahpanhes.

8 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

9 Take some large stones in your hand, and in the sight of the men of Judah, bury them in the clay of the brick pavement, which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes;

10 And tell them, The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel says this; Know that I have sent for my servant Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and will set his throne up over these stones that I have buried; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

11 And when he comes, he will defeat the land of Egypt, those who are to die will die; those who are to go into captivity will go into captivity; and those who must be struck with the sword will be struck with the sword.

12 And I will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; and he will burn them, and take them away: and he will clean the land of Egypt, as a shepherd picks lice off his garment; and he will leave there unscathed.

13 He will smash the sacred pillars at the temple of the sun, that is in the land of Egypt; and will burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.