Jeremiah 43

1 and to be like/as to end: finish Jeremiah to/for to speak: speak to(wards) all [the] people [obj] all word LORD God their which to send: depart him LORD God their to(wards) them [obj] all [the] word [the] these

[So] I finished telling to the people that message from Yahweh our God.

2 and to say Azariah son: child Hoshaiah and Johanan son: child Kareah and all [the] human [the] arrogant to say to(wards) Jeremiah deception you(m. s.) to speak: speak not to send: depart you LORD God our to/for to say not to come (in): come Egypt to/for to sojourn there

But then Johanan and Azariah and some other insolent/arrogant men said to me, “You are lying! Yahweh our God has not told [us] that we should not go to Egypt!

3 for Baruch son: child Neriah to incite [obj] you in/on/with us because to give: give [obj] us in/on/with hand: power [the] Chaldea to/for to die [obj] us and to/for to reveal: remove [obj] us Babylon

[We think that] Baruch has urged/persuaded you to say this, in order that [if we stay here], the soldiers from Babylonia will seize us and kill us or take us to Babylonia.”

4 and not to hear: obey Johanan son: child Kareah and all ruler [the] strength: soldiers and all [the] people in/on/with voice LORD to/for to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Judah

So Johanan and the other leaders of the [Israeli] soldiers and [many of] [HYP] the other people [who were there] refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in Judah.

5 and to take: take Johanan son: child Kareah and all ruler [the] strength: soldiers [obj] all remnant Judah which to return: return from all [the] nation which to banish there to/for to sojourn in/on/with land: country/planet Judah

Johanan and all the [other] leaders gathered together all the people who had returned from the other countries to which they had been scattered.

6 [obj] [the] great man and [obj] [the] woman and [obj] [the] child and [obj] daughter [the] king and [obj] all [the] soul: person which to rest Nebuzaradan chief guard with Gedaliah son: child Ahikam son: child Shaphan and [obj] Jeremiah [the] prophet and [obj] Baruch son: child Neriah

[They included] men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah, and they also took Baruch and me.

7 and to come (in): come land: country/planet Egypt for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD and to come (in): come till Tahpanhes

They refused to obey Yahweh, and they took us all [to Egypt], as far as Tahpenes [city].

8 and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah in/on/with Tahpanhes to/for to say

[While we were] at Tahpenes, Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

9 to take: take in/on/with hand your stone great: large and to hide them in/on/with mortar in/on/with brick which in/on/with entrance house: palace Pharaoh in/on/with Tahpanhes to/for eye: seeing human Jew

“While the people of Judah are watching you, take some large rocks and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the king’s palace there at Tahpenes.

10 and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD Hosts God Israel look! I to send: depart and to take: take [obj] Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon servant/slave my and to set: make throne his from above to/for stone [the] these which to hide and to stretch [obj] (pavilion his *Q(K)*) upon them

Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], says: “I will summon Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who does my work, to come [with his army] to Egypt. I will set up his throne over these stones that I told Jeremiah to bury. And Nebuchadnezzar will set up his tent there [to show that he has become] the King [of Egypt].

11 (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) and to smite [obj] land: country/planet Egypt which to/for death to/for death and which to/for captivity to/for captivity and which to/for sword to/for sword

When his [army] comes, they will attack Egypt. Then those will die who [I have determined] must die, those who [I have determined] must be captured will be captured, and those who [I have determined] must be killed by swords will be killed by swords.

12 and to kindle fire in/on/with house: temple God Egypt and to burn them and to take captive them and to enwrap [obj] land: country/planet Egypt like/as as which to enwrap [the] to pasture [obj] garment his and to come out: come from there in/on/with peace

Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt. [But before they burn the temples], they will take away their idols [as souvenirs]. His [troops] will clean Egypt like a shepherd cleans lice from his cloak. They will tear down the sacred pillars that are in the temple of their sun god. And then Nebuchadnezzar’s [troops] will leave there, without having been harmed.”’”

13 and to break [obj] pillar Heliopolis Heliopolis which in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and [obj] house: temple God Egypt to burn in/on/with fire