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Jeremiah 43:8

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Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

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5But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah), who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to live in the land of Judah;
6the men, and the women, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and every person who Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
7and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice: and they came to Tahpanhes.
8Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9“Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
10and tell them, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
11He will come, and will strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death will be put to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

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