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The Prophecy
of Jeremias 43
And it came to pass, that when Jeremias had made an
end of speaking to the people all the words of the Lord
their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him
to them, all these words:
Azarias the son of Osaias, and Johanan the son of Caree,
and all the proud men, made answer, saying to Jeremias:
Thou tellest a lie: the Lord our God hath not sent thee,
saying: Go not into Egypt, to dwell there.
But Baruch the son of Nerias setteth thee on against
us, to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to
kill us, and to cause us to be carried away captives
to Babylon.
So Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of
the soldiers, and all the people, obeyed not the voice
of the Lord, to remain in the land of Juda.
But Johanan the son of Caree, and all the captains of
the soldiers took all the remnant of Juda, that were
returned out of all nations, to which they had before
been scattered, to dwell in the land of Juda:
Men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters,
and every soul, which Nabuzardan the general had left
with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, and
Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias.
And they went Into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed
not the voice of the Lord: and they came as far as Taphnis.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in Taphnis,
saying:
Take great stones in thy hand, and thou shalt hide them
in the vault that is under the brick wall at the gate
of Pharao's house in Taphnis: in the sight of the men
of Juda.
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts
the God of Israel: Behold I will send, and take Nabuchodonosor
the king of Babylon my servant: and I will set his throne
over these stones which I have hid, and he shall set
his throne over them.
And he shall come and strike the land of Egypt: 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.
And he shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods
of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and he shall carry
them away captives: and he shall array himself with
the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment:
and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
And he shall break the statues of the house of the sun,
that are in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the
gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire. |
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