Jeremiah 43:5-9
Jeremiah 43:5
Instead, Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been scattered, in order to reside in the land of Judah—
Jeremiah 43:6
the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah—
Jeremiah 43:7
and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the Lord) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.
Jeremiah 43:8
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Jeremiah 43:9
“Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the Jews;