Jeremiah 43:7-13 ▼

7 So they entered the land of Egypt (land of bondage) because they did not obey the voice of the LORD {YHWH}, and they went as far as Tahpanhes (You will fill hands with pity).

8 Then the word of the LORD {YHWH} came to Jeremiah (whom YHWH has appointed) at Tahpanhes (You will fill hands with pity):

9 “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s (great house) palace at Tahpanhes (You will fill hands with pity).

10 Then tell them that this is what the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts, the God {Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God), says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown) king of Babylon (confusion by mixing), and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt (land of bondage), bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

12 I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt (land of bondage), and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives \and he will burn them and take them captive/. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

13 He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun (house of the sun) in the land of Egypt [He will demolish the pillars of Heliopolis in On], and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt (land of bondage).’”