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Jeremiah 43:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 43 · verse 7
So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.Jeremiah 43:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 43:7 in context
5But 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;
6Even 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.
7So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
8Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9Take 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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- obeyedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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What God said to the builders of Babel may be truly said of this people that Jeremiah is now dealing with: Now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do, Gen 11:6. They have a fancy for Egypt, and to Egypt they will go, whatever God himself says to the contrary.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7