The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 43 Jeremiah is taken to Egypt by the people

 The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 43

Jeremiah is taken to Egypt by the people

1 And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of telling all the people all the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say, and all those words were,

2 Then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, said to Jeremiah, “You speak lies; the Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to sojourn there.’

3 Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may kill us, or that they may carry us away to Babylon.”

4 So Johanan son of Kareah, and none of the commanders of the army, nor all the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah.

5 Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army took all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations where they had been scattered to sojourn in the land of Judah;

6 The men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah:

7 And they went into the land of Egypt, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; and they came to Tahpanhes.