Jeremiah 43
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4–7 Johanan and the officers disobeyed the Lord’s word given through Jeremiah, and led the people into Egypt. Jeremiah and Baruch were taken with them (verse 5)—surely against their will. They went as far as the city of Tahpanhes in the northeastern part of Egypt (verse 7).
8–13 When the people arrived in Tahpanhes, the Lord instructed Jeremiah to “act out” a prophecy: he was to bury some stones in the courtyard of Pharaoh’s palace (verses 8–9). The stones would mark the site of Nebuchadnezzar’s throne, the symbol of his royal authority. The people fleeing to Egypt thought they were escaping from Nebuchadnezzar, but now God was going to send Nebuchadnezzar to Egypt!118 (verses 10–11).