Destined for .....

Jeremiah 43:1-13
All the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord's command to stay  the land of Judah. Instead Johanan and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all  the nations where they had been scattered. They let away all the men, women and children and the Jeremiah and Barush. So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.
In Tahpanhes the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: "While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brick pavement at the entrance t Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes. Then say to them,' This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over this stones I have buries here; he will spread his royal canopy above them. He will come to attack Egypt, bring death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for the sword..."
As God said, in due course the long arm of Nebuchadnezzar , reaches down into Egypt(568 BC)
Why?
All of these army officers and all of the people under distress still did not confess their sin, they were walked on their way, they thought that is save way to Egypt.
If a man does not turn to the Lord, he destination will be same as the Lord defined.
According to the Jewish historian Josephus, there were Jew among the captives he took back with him.
The stone testify the word of the Lord is truth after a few years later. The Lord had warned them, but they didn't listen.
How?
The destination of sinned man is death, never be changed unless he confess his sin and turn to the Lord. All of us are sinned man, turn to the Lord is the only way to eternal life.