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Proud, or Aliens?
Jeremiah 44:14 So
that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there,
shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they
have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
Jeremiah 43:2 Then
spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD
our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which
dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in
the country of Pathros, saying,
These "jews" who Jeremiah called "proud men" [which is actually
"aliens" according to the Greek Septuagint] were not
Israelites. They didn't obey God when He commanded them to stay in Judaea, and
instead went in fear to Egypt. They abused all the prophets who God sent to them.
God completely destroyed them in Egypt BECAUSE these "jews" were ALIENS, not
because they were "proud men".
Jer 42:1 Then all the
captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah,
and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
Jer 42:2 And said unto
Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and
pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)
Jer 42:3 That the LORD thy
God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
Jer 42:4 Then Jeremiah the
prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it
shall come to pass, that
whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from
you.
Jer 42:5 Then they said to
Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according
to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Jer 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it
may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.
Jer 42:7 And it came to
pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Jer 42:8 Then called he
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the
least even to the greatest,
Jer 42:9 And said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your
supplication before him;
Jer 42:10 If ye will still
abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck
you up: for I repent me
of the evil that I have done unto you.
Jer 42:11 Be not afraid of
the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to
deliver you from his hand.
Jer 42:12 And I will show
mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own
land.
Jer 42:13 But if ye say, We
will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
Jer 42:14 Saying, No; but
we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the
trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Jer 42:15 And now therefore
hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jer 42:16 Then it shall
come to pass, that the
sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine,
whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall
die.
Jer 42:17 So shall it be
with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape
from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Jer 42:18 For thus saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye
shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse,
and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
Jer 42:19 The LORD hath
said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I
have admonished you this day.
Jer 42:20 For ye dissembled
in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD
our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and
we will do it.
Jer 42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed
the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
Jer 42:22 Now therefore
know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in
the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
Jer 43:1 And it came to
pass, that when
Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their
God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
Jer 43:2 Then spoke Azariah
the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto
Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into
Egypt to sojourn there:
Jer 43:3 But Baruch the son
of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans,
that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
Jer 43:4 So Johanan the son
of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of
the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jer 43:5 But Johanan the
son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that
were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of
Judah;
Jer 43:6 Even men, and women, and children,
and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had
left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and
Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jer 43:7 So they came into
the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Jer 43:8 Then came the word
of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Jer 43:9 Take great stones
in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in
Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
Jer 43:10 And say unto
them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones
that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jer 43:11 And when he
cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
Jer 43:12 And I will kindle
a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away
captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his
garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Jer 43:13 He shall break
also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn
with fire.
Jer 44:1 The word that came
to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at
Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Jer 44:2 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon
Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man
dwelleth therein,
Jer 44:3 Because of their
wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn
incense, and to serve
other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
Jer 44:4 Howbeit I sent
unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable
thing that I hate.
Jer 44:5 But they hearkened
not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other
gods.
Jer 44:6 Wherefore my fury
and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets
of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
Jer 44:7 Therefore now thus
saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls,
to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
remain;
Jer 44:8 In that ye provoke
me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of
Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be
a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jer 44:9 Have ye forgotten
the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the
wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,
which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jer 44:10 They are not
humbled even unto this
day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before
you and before your fathers.
Jer 44:11 Therefore thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for
evil, and to cut off all Judah.
Jer 44:12 And I will take
the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a
reproach.
Jer 44:13 For I will punish
them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence:
Jer 44:14 So that none of the
remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or
remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to
return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
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