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1. So Jeremiah finished telling the people the message from the Lord their God. He told them everything that the Lord their God had sent him to tell them.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , that when Jeremiah H3414 had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , for which H834 the LORD H3068 their God H430 had sent H7971 him to H413 them, even H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 ,
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2. Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and some other men were proud and stubborn. They became angry with Jeremiah. They said to him, "Jeremiah, you are lying! The Lord our God didn't send you to say to us, 'You must not go to Egypt to live there.'
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2. Then spoke H559 Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Hoshaiah H1955 , and Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 , and all H3605 the proud H2086 men H376 , saying H559 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 , Thou H859 speakest H1696 falsely H8267 : the LORD H3068 our God H430 hath not H3808 sent H7971 thee to say H559 , Go H935 not H3808 into Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there H8033 :
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3. Jeremiah, we think that Baruch son of Neriah is encouraging you to be against us. He wants you to give us to the Babylonians. He wants you to do this so they can kill us. Or he wants you to do this so that they can make us captives and take us to Babylon."
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3. But H3588 Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 setteth thee on H5496 H853 against us, for H4616 to deliver H5414 us into the hand H3027 of the Chaldeans H3778 , that they might put us to death H4191 H853 , and carry us away captives H1540 H853 into Babylon H894 .
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4. So Johanan, the army officers, and all the people disobeyed the Lord's command. The Lord had commanded them to stay in Judah.
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4. So Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 , and all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 , and all H3605 the people H5971 , obeyed H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 , to dwell H3427 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 .
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5. But instead of obeying the Lord, Johanan and the army officers took the survivors from Judah to Egypt. In the past the enemy had taken the survivors to other countries, but they had come back to Judah.
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5. But Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 , and all H3605 the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 , took H3947 H853 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of Judah H3063 , that H834 were returned H7725 from all H4480 H3605 nations H1471 , whither H834 H8033 they had been driven H5080 , to dwell H1481 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 ;
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6. Now Johanan and all the army officers took all the men, women, and children and led them to Egypt. Among those people were the king's daughters. (Nebuzaradan had put Gedaliah in charge of those people. Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king of Babylon's special guards.) Johanan also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
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6. Even H853 men H1397 , and women H802 , and children H2945 , and the king H4428 's daughters H1323 , and every H3605 person H5315 that H834 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 had left H5117 with H854 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 , and Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 .
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7. These people didn't listen to the Lord. So they all went to Egypt to the town of Tahpanhes.
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7. So they came into H935 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 : for H3588 they obeyed H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 : thus came H935 they even to H5704 Tahpanhes H8471 .
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8. In the town of Tahpanhes, Jeremiah received this message from the Lord:
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8. Then came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 in Tahpanhes H8471 , saying H559 ,
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9. "Jeremiah, get some large stones. Take them and bury them in the clay and brick sidewalk in front of Pharaoh's official building in Tahpanhes. Do this while the men of Judah are watching you.
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9. Take H3947 great H1419 stones H68 in thine hand H3027 , and hide H2934 them in the clay H4423 in the brickkiln H4404 , which H834 is at the entry H6607 of Pharaoh H6547 's house H1004 in Tahpanhes H8471 , in the sight H5869 of the men H376 of Judah H3064 ;
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10. Then say to those who are watching you: 'This is what the Lord All- Powerful, the God of Israel, says: I will send for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to come here. He is my servant, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here. Nebuchadnezzar will spread his canopy above these stones.
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10. And say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Behold H2009 , I will send H7971 and take H3947 H853 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , my servant H5650 , and will set H7760 his throne H3678 upon H4480 H4605 these H428 stones H68 that H834 I have hid H2934 ; and he shall spread H5186 H853 his royal pavilion H8237 over H5921 them.
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11. He will come here and attack Egypt. He will bring death to those who are to die. He will bring captivity to those who are to be taken captive. And he will bring the sword to those who are to be killed with a sword.
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11. And when he cometh H935 , he shall smite H5221 H853 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , and deliver such H834 as are for death H4194 to death H4194 ; and such H834 as are for captivity H7628 to captivity H7628 ; and such H834 as are for the sword H2719 to the sword H2719 .
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12. Nebuchadnezzar will start a fire in the temples of the false gods of Egypt. He will burn the temples and he will take the idols away. Shepherds pick the bugs and thorns off their clothes to make them clean. In the same way Nebuchadnezzar will pick Egypt clean. Then he will safely leave Egypt.
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12. And I will kindle H3341 a fire H784 in the houses H1004 of the gods H430 of Egypt H4714 ; and he shall burn H8313 them , and carry them away captives H7617 : and he shall array himself H5844 with H854 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , as H834 a shepherd H7462 putteth on H5844 H853 his garment H899 ; and he shall go forth H3318 from thence H4480 H8033 in peace H7965 .
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13. He will destroy the memorial stones that are in the temple of the Sun God in Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the false gods of Egypt.'"
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13. He shall break H7665 also H853 the images H4676 of Beth H1053 -shemesh, that H834 is in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 ; and the houses H1004 of the gods H430 of the Egyptians H4714 shall he burn H8313 with fire H784 .
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