the children of Ammon.

And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host that were with him, took unto them all the remnant of the people which they had brought again from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah out of Mizpah, because Gedaliah the son of Ahikam was slain, even the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, which they had brought again from Gibeon,

And they went and returned to Kimham the lodger, which dwelt by Bethlehem, to go into Egypt before the Chaldeans.

For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had set over the land.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 42
Jeremiah counsels the Jews to go to Egypt.

Then came all the captains of the host, Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, both small and great,

And they said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let our prayer be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God for all these remnant: for ours, alas, are few of many, as thou thyself seest us with thine eyes,

That the LORD thy God would shew us whither we should go, and what we should do.

And Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: Now therefore I will obey; and, behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God, as ye have said: and whatsoever the LORD shall answer you, that will I shew you, and will not restrain you.

And they said unto Jeremiah, Let the LORD be a sure and true witness between us, that we will not do all that the LORD thy God shall command thee concerning us.

Whether it be good or bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, unto whom we send thee; that it may go well with us, if we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

And after ten days the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

And he called Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host that were with him, and all the people, both small and great,

And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to bring your prayer before him:

If ye abide in this land, I will build you, and not break you; I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for the evil that I have done unto you hath already repented me.

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid, saith the LORD; be not afraid of him: for I will be with you to help you, and to deliver you out of his hand.

I will show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and will bring you again into your own land.

And ye shall say, We will not dwell in the land, lest ye obey the voice of the LORD your God,

But say, Nay, we will go into the land of Egypt, that we may not see war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor famine for bread: there will we dwell:

Hear therefore the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Will ye set your faces to go into the land of Egypt, that ye may dwell there?

And the sword, of which ye are afraid, shall fall upon you in the land of Egypt: and the famine, of which ye are troubled, shall always be after you in Egypt, and ye shall die there.

For let them be who they will, that set their faces to go into Egypt to dwell there: they shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none shall survive, nor escape the evil that I will bring upon them.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my wrath is upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall it be upon you, when ye go into Egypt, that ye shall be a curse, and a wonder, and an oath, and a reproach, and shall see this place no more.

The word of the LORD is unto you, O remnant of Judah, that ye go not into Egypt. Know therefore that I testify unto you this day.

Or else ye shall make your lives desolate. For ye have sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Ask the LORD our God for us: and whatsoever the LORD our God shall say, shew us, and we will do it.

These things have I made known unto you this day: but ye will not obey the voice of the LORD your God, nor all that he hath commanded me concerning you.

Know ye therefore that ye shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, in the place whither ye go to dwell.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 43
The Jews move to Egypt.

When Jeremiah had spoken all the words of the LORD their God unto all the people, as the LORD their God had commanded him all these words unto them,

And Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the rebellious men, said unto Jeremiah, Thou liest. The LORD our God hath not sent thee unto us, nor said, Ye shall not go into Egypt to dwell there,

But Baruch the son of Neriah persuadeth thee against us, that we may be delivered unto the Chaldeans, that they may kill us, and carry us away to Babylon.

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host, and all the people, hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD, to abide in the land of Judah,

But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the host, took unto them all the remnant of Judah, which were returned from all the nations whither they fled, to dwell in the land of Judah,

And the man, and the woman, and the children, and the king’s daughters, and all the souls that Nebuzar-adan 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, 7. And they went into the land of Egypt, because they would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD: and they came to Tahpanhes.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah unto Tachpanhes, saying:

Take large stones, and bury them in the goatkiln that is at the door of Pharaoh’s house in Tashpanheth; and the men of Judah shall see it.

And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and fetch Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones which I have buried, and he shall pitch his tent over them.

And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt, and kill whomsoever it shall smite, carry captive whomsoever it shall smite, smite with the sword whomsoever it shall smite.

And I will burn the houses of the gods in Egypt with fire, and he shall burn them, and carry them away. And he shall put on him the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment, and depart thence in peace.

And he shall break in pieces the graven images of Bethshemesh in the land of Egypt, and shall burn with fire the churches of idols in Egypt.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 44
The unruly Jews are punished by Jeremiah.

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah unto all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, even to Migdal, and to Thachpanhes, and to Noph, and to them that dwelt in the land of Pathros, saying:

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, they are desolate this day, and none dwelleth therein;

And this because of their wickedness, which they did, to provoke me to anger, and to go and burn incense, and to serve other gods, which neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers, knew.

And I sent unto you always all my servants the prophets, saying, Do not such abominations as I hate.

But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ears from their wickedness, that they should repent, and not burn incense unto other gods.

Therefore also mine anger and my fury came on and burned upon the cities of Judah, and upon the streets of Jerusalem, and they became desolate and waste, as it is this day.

Now therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Why do ye this great evil against your own lives, that both man and woman, both child and suckling, should be cut off from among you out of Judah, and that nothing should remain of you?

That ye should provoke me to anger with your hands, and burn incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye went to lodge, that ye might be cut off, and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Have ye forgotten the calamities of your fathers, the calamities of the kings of Judah, the calamities of their wives, and your own calamities, and the calamities of your wives, which ye have met with in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Nor are they humbled unto this day, neither do they fear, nor walk in my law and my statutes, which I set before you and before your fathers.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my