Jeremiah 43:1-13
Azariah son of Hoshaiahand Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’
So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in the land of Judah.
While the Jews are watching, take some large stones with you and bury them in clay in the brickpavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes.
They take Jeremiah and Baruch with them. And as God said, in due course the long arm of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, reaches down into Egypt. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, there were Jews among the captives he took back with him.
Taking to Egypt against his will, Jeremiah enacts his last recorded parable.
Why?
Those official and arrogant men thought Jeremiah is turned to the king of Babylon, and they did not trust in the word of God. They though Egypt is safe place.
How?
Go to anywhere is safe when we are under God's blessing.
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