1 Then it happened that, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all the words of the Lord their God to the people, all those words concerning which the Lord their God had sent him to them,
2 Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the exalted men, spoke to Jeremiah, saying: “You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say: ‘You shall not enter into Egypt so as to live in that place.’
3 Instead, Baruch, the son of Neriah, has incited you against us, so as to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to put us to death and to cause us to be led away into Babylon.”
4 And so Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the leaders of the warriors, and all the people, did not heed the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah.
5 But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the leaders of the warriors, took away all the remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations (to which they had been scattered before) to live in the land of Judah:
6 men, and women, and children, and the daughters of the king, and every soul that Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, had left behind with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah, the prophet, and Baruch, the son of Neriah.
7 And they entered into the land of Egypt. For they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as Tahpanhes.
8 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying:
9 “Take great stones in your hand, and you shall conceal them in the crypt which is under the brick wall at the gate of the house of Pharaoh at Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.
10 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send for and take Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne over these stones which I have concealed, and he will establish his throne upon them.
11 And he will come and strike the land of Egypt: those who are meant for death, shall go to death, and those for captivity, to captivity, and those for the sword, to the sword.
12 And he will kindle a fire in the shrines of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them down, and he will lead them away captive. And he will clothe himself with the land of Egypt, just as a shepherd is clothed with his cloak. And he will go forth from that place in peace.
13 And he will crush the statues of the house of the Sun, those that are in the land of Egypt, and the shrines of the gods of Egypt he will burn up with fire.”
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 43:
Jeremiah 43 narrates the escape of the Jews to Egypt, even after they were warned by the prophet Jeremiah that this was not God's will. The verses below address themes related to this disobedience and rebellion of the people against God:
Jeremiah 42:19-20: "The Lord spoke to you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt. Know certainly that today I warned them today." This verse shows God's warning to the Jews, asking them not to Egypt.
Deuteronomy 28:68: "The Lord will take you back to Egypt in ships, through which I said that you would never see. There you will offer yourself as slaves to your enemies, but there will be no one who buy them." This verse talks about the curse of God that would fall upon the Jews if they rebelled against Him, being taken back to Egypt as slaves.
Jeremiah 42:13-14: "If you decide to stay on this earth, I will build them and will not destroy them; I will plant them and I will not tear them, because I am sorry for the evil I did to them. You fear now. Don't be afraid of him, says the Lord, for I am with you and will save you from your hands. " This verse shows God's promise to the Jews if they decided to stay on earth, trusting their protection and deliverance.
Exodus 13:21-22: "The Lord went ahead of them, during the day, in a cloud column, to guide them along the way, and at night, in a column of fire, so that they could walk so they could walk by day and night. He never abandoned the cloud column during the day, nor the column of fire at night before the people. " This verse shows God's leadership and protection over his people, guiding them through the cloud column during the day and the column of fire at night.
Psalm 106:7-8: "Our parents, in Egypt, did not understand your wonders, did not remember the multitude of your mercies, once rebuked by the sea, the Red Sea." This verse talks about the disobedience and rebellion of the Jewish parents in Egypt, who did not understand the wonders of God and rebelled against him.
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