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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 43:8

There the Lord said to me,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Babylon;   Egypt;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy;   Tahpanhes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jeremiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baruch;   Tahapanes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Jeremiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tahapanes;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baruch;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tahapanes, Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baruch;   Tahapenes;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tahpanhes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tah'panhes, Tehaph'nehes, Tahap'anes,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Dispersion, the;   Egypt;   Jeremiah (2);   Johanan;   Pharaoh Hophra;   Tahpanhes;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
Hebrew Names Version
Then came the word of the LORD to Yirmeyahu in Tachpanches, saying,
King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
New Century Version
In Tahpanhes the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah:
Amplified Bible
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
World English Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
Contemporary English Version
when the Lord told me:
Complete Jewish Bible
Then this word of Adonai came to Yirmeyahu in Tachpanches:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
In the town of Tahpanhes, Jeremiah received this message from the Lord :
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And in Taphnis the worde off the LORDE happened vnto Ieremy, sayenge:
American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiah in Tahpanhes, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in Thaphnis the worde of the Lorde happened vnto Ieremie, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Baruch did according to all that Jeremias commanded him—reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.
English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye in Taphnys,
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
New English Translation
At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
New Living Translation
Then at Tahpanhes, the Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah, in Tahpanhes, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in Taphnis, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tah'panhes:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
THE MESSAGE
While in Tahpanhes, God 's Word came to Jeremiah: "Pick up some large stones and cover them with mortar in the vicinity of the pavement that leads up to the building set aside for Pharaoh's use in Tahpanhes. Make sure some of the men of Judah are watching.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

Contextual Overview

8 There the Lord said to me, 9 "Get some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the pavement in front of the entrance to the government building here in the city, and let some of the Israelites see you do it. 10 Then tell them that I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, am going to bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to this place, and he will put his throne over these stones that you buried, and will spread the royal tent over them. 11 Nebuchadnezzar will come and defeat Egypt. Those people who are doomed to die of disease will die of disease, those doomed to be taken away as prisoners will be taken away as prisoners, and those doomed to be killed in war will be killed in war. 12 I will set fire to the temples of Egypt's gods, and the king of Babylonia will either burn their gods or carry them off. As shepherds pick their clothes clean of lice, so the king of Babylonia will pick the land of Egypt clean and then leave victorious. 13 He will destroy the sacred stone monuments at Heliopolis in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 139:7, 2 Timothy 2:9

Reciprocal: Isaiah 19:1 - Egypt Isaiah 19:17 - the land Ezekiel 29:2 - against all

Cross-References

Genesis 42:2
I hear that there is grain in Egypt; go there and buy some to keep us from starving to death."
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob said, "My son cannot go with you; his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. Something might happen to him on the way. I am an old man, and the sorrow you would cause me would kill me."
Genesis 44:26
We answered, ‘We cannot go; we will not be admitted to the man's presence unless our youngest brother is with us. We can go only if our youngest brother goes also.'
Genesis 45:19
Tell them also to take wagons with them from Egypt for their wives and small children and to bring their father with them.
Genesis 50:8
His family, his brothers, and the rest of his father's family all went with him. Only their small children and their sheep, goats, and cattle stayed in the region of Goshen.
Genesis 50:21
You have nothing to fear. I will take care of you and your children." So he reassured them with kind words that touched their hearts.
Exodus 20:12
"Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.
Numbers 14:31
You said that your children would be captured, but I will bring them into the land that you rejected, and it will be their home.
Deuteronomy 33:6
Moses said about the tribe of Reuben: "May Reuben never die out, Although their people are few."
2 Kings 7:4
It's no use going into the city, because we would starve to death in there; but if we stay here, we'll die also. So let's go to the Syrian camp; the worst they can do is kill us, but maybe they will spare our lives."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, at Tahpanhes,.... Where he was with the rest the captains carried thither with them; and as soon as he and they had got here, the word of the Lord came unto him, declaring the destruction of this place, and of the whole land. Here Jerom says the prophet was stoned to death;

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On arriving at the frontiers of Egypt, the captains would be compelled to halt in order to obtain the king’s permission to enter his country. Jeremiah therefore takes the opportunity to predict, first, the downfall of Egypt; and secondly, that of the false gods.


 
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