# Jeremiah 43 📖: The Flight to Egypt [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Jeremiah Overview]] | [[Jeremiah 42]] | [[Jeremiah 44]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) [[#Verse 01.]] Jeremiah finished telling all the people all these things the Lord their God had sent him to tell them.  [[#Verse 02.]] Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’  [[#Verse 03.]] But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. He wants to hand us over to the Babylonians so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.”  [[#Verse 04.]] So Johanan son of Kareah, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people did not obey the Lord’s command to stay in the land of Judah.  [[#Verse 05.]] Instead Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led off all the Judean remnant who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.  [[#Verse 06.]] They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan; this included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.  [[#Verse 07.]] They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the Lord, and came to Tahpanhes. ### Jeremiah Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Plunder Egypt and Its Gods [[#Verse 08.]] At Tahpanhes the Lord’s message came to Jeremiah:  [[#Verse 09.]] “Take some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh’s residence here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching.  [[#Verse 10.]] Then tell them, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says, “I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones that I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them.  [[#Verse 11.]] He will come and attack Egypt. Those who are destined to die of disease will die of disease. Those who are destined to be carried off into exile will be carried off into exile. Those who are destined to die in war will die in war.  [[#Verse 12.]] He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed.  [[#Verse 13.]] He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan led the opposition (43:2). 2. They claimed Baruch had turned Jeremiah against them (43:3). 3. Jeremiah and Baruch were taken to Egypt (43:6), probably against their will. 4. Tahpanhes (43:7) was a border fortress in the eastern Nile Delta, known to the Greeks as Daphnae. 5. Archaeologist Flinders Petrie excavated Tell Defenneh, likely Tahpanhes, in the 1880s and described a large brick platform he connected with this passage. 6. Jeremiah buried large stones in the mortar of the brick pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh's building (43:9). 7. Nebuchadnezzar would spread his royal canopy over these stones (43:10), a sign of conquest. 8. A fragmentary Babylonian text refers to Nebuchadnezzar campaigning against Egypt in his thirty-seventh year, about 568 BC. 9. The "obelisks of Beth-shemesh" (43:13) refers to the sacred pillars of Heliopolis, the Egyptian city of the sun god. 10. Nebuchadnezzar would pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picking lice from his garment (43:12). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Truth that people reject when it crosses their plans. The leaders called Jeremiah a liar (43:2), and Jesus told His opponents that they did not believe Him because He told the truth (John 8:45). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The leaders accused Jeremiah of lying and blamed Baruch (43:2-3). Why do people attack the messenger when they do not like the message? 2. The people went to Egypt in disobedience (43:7). What are some "Egypts" people run to for security instead of trusting God? 3. Jeremiah buried stones at Pharaoh's palace as a sign (43:9-10). How does this remind us that no place is beyond God's reach? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 2: The arrogant men tell Jeremiah, "You are lying. The Lord did not send you." - 📖 verse 7: The people go to Egypt because they would not obey the Lord. - 📖 verse 10: Nebuchadnezzar will set his throne over the stones Jeremiah buried. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[John 08#Verse 45.|John 8:45]] - You do not believe Me because I tell the truth. - 🔗 [[Galatians 04#Verse 16.|Galatians 4:16]] - Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? - 🔗 [[Isaiah 31#Verse 01.|Isaiah 31:1]] - Woe to those who go to Egypt for help. - 🔗 [[Jeremiah 46#Verse 13.|Jeremiah 46:13]] - Nebuchadnezzar will attack Egypt. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 03#Verse 12.|Hebrews 3:12-13]] - Do not harden your hearts. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Jeremiah 43 - SOAP|Predictable Opposition]] ## 📂 Internal Notes