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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in ^(C1)Tahpanhes, saying,

"Take some large stones in your ^(F1)hands and hide them in the ^(F2)mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's ^(F3)palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of ^(F4)some of the Jews;

and say to them, 'This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Behold, I am going to send men and get ^(C1)My servant ^(C2)Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his ^(F1)(C3)canopy over them.

"He will also come and ^(C1)strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and ^(C2)those for the sword to the sword.

"And ^(F1)I shall set fire to the temples of the ^(C1)gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will ^(F2)(C2)wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd ^(F3)wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

"He will also smash to pieces the ^(F1)obelisks of ^(F2)Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire."'"