de Biblica1Quando Jeremias acabou de dizer ao povo tudo o que o SENHOR, o seu Deus, lhe mandara dizer,2Azarias, filho de Hosaías, e Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os homens arrogantes disseram a Jeremias: “Você está mentindo! O SENHOR não o mandou dizer que não fôssemos residir no Egito.3Mas é Baruque, filho de Nerias, que o está instigando contra nós para que sejamos entregues nas mãos dos babilônios, a fim de que nos matem ou nos levem para o exílio na Babilônia”.4Assim Joanã, filho de Careá, todos os comandantes do exército e todo o povo desobedeceram à ordem do SENHOR de que permanecessem na terra de Judá.5E Joanã, filho de Careá, e todos os comandantes do exército levaram todo o remanescente de Judá que tinha voltado de todas as nações para onde haviam sido espalhados a fim de viver na terra de Judá:6todos os homens, mulheres e crianças, as filhas do rei, todos os que Nebuzaradã, o comandante da guarda imperial, deixara com Gedalias, filho de Aicam, neto de Safã; além do profeta Jeremias e de Baruque, filho de Nerias.7Eles foram para o Egito, desobedecendo ao SENHOR, indo até Tafnes.8Em Tafnes, o SENHOR dirigiu a palavra a Jeremias, dizendo:9“Pegue algumas pedras grandes e, à vista dos homens de Judá, enterre-as no barro do pavimento à entrada do palácio do faraó, em Tafnes.10Então diga-lhes: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel: Mandarei chamar meu servo Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, e ele colocará o seu trono sobre essas pedras que enterrei, e estenderá a sua tenda[1] real sobre elas.11Ele virá e atacará o Egito, trará a morte aos destinados à morte, o cativeiro aos destinados ao cativeiro, e a espada aos destinados a morrer à espada.12Ele incendiará[2] os templos dos deuses do Egito; queimará seus templos e levará embora cativos os seus deuses. Como um pastor tira os piolhos do seu manto[3], assim ele tirará os piolhos do Egito, e sairá em paz.13Ele despedaçará as colunas no templo do sol[4], no Egito, e incendiará os templos dos deuses do Egito”.
1When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the Lord their God, with which the Lord their God had sent him to them,2Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there,’ (Sl 86:14; Is 13:11; Jr 40:8; Jr 42:1; Jr 42:19; Ml 4:1)3but Baruch the son of Neriah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may kill us or take us into exile in Babylon.” (Jr 32:12; Jr 37:13; Jr 38:22)4So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. (Jr 40:13; Jr 43:2)5But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven— (Jr 40:11)6the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. (Jr 38:23; Jr 39:10; Jr 39:14; Jr 40:7; Jr 44:20)7And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes. (Is 30:4; Jr 2:16; Jr 44:1; Jr 46:14)8Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: (Jr 43:7)9“Take in your hands large stones and hide them in the mortar in the pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah, (Jr 43:7)10and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them. (Jr 1:15; Jr 25:9)11He shall come and strike the land of Egypt, giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword. (Jr 15:2; Jr 44:13; Jr 46:13)12I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace. (Ex 12:12; Sl 104:2; Is 19:1; Is 49:18; Jr 17:27; Jr 46:25; Jr 48:7; Ez 30:13)13He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.’” (Ex 23:24; Jr 43:12)