Jeremiah 41:16-18
16Then Johanan the son of Kareah and aall the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, bwomen, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from cGibeon. 17And they went and stayed at Geruth dChimham near eBethlehem, intending to go to Egypt 18because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, fwhom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.Jeremiah 42:14-22
14and saying, ‘No, gwe will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hhear the sound of the trumpet or ibe hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’ 15then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: jIf you set your faces to enter Egypt kand go to live there, 16then the sword lthat you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, mand there you shall die. 17All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have nno remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.18“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: oAs my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. pYou shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more. 19The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, q‘Do not go to Egypt.’ rKnow for a certainty that I have warned you this day 20that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. sFor you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, t‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and uwhatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’ 21And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything vthat he sent me to tell you. 22 wNow therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”
Jeremiah 43:4-7
4So xJohanan the son of Kareah and all ythe commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. 5But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took zall the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven— 6 aathe men, the women, the children, abthe princesses, and every person whom acNebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with adGedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at aeTahpanhes.
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