Jeremiah 43 KJV: The Rejection of Prophetic Authority
Jeremiah 43 articulates the definitive break from divine protection as the leaders accuse Jeremiah of lying and force the remnant into Egypt. It records the symbolic burial of stones at Tahpanhes to signal that the very judgment they fled in Judah would find them in Pharaoh's territory.
v1-7: The Accusation and the Flight to Egypt
v8-13: The Prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar's Egyptian Conquest
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,
Then spake 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:
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.
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;
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.
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;
And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar 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.
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.
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.
He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
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By burying stones under the pavement of Pharaoh's house, Jeremiah physically stakes God's claim on Egyptian soil, proving no geography is out of God's reach. The 'Word Secret' is Matmon, referring to 'hidden treasures' or 'hidden things,' used here to describe the stones of judgment that would soon support a foreign throne. Discover the riches with jeremiah 43 commentary, containing expert led word study (original greek/hebrew) and passage level analysis.
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