26 Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and ^fwent to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

8 “But thus says the Lord: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and ^jthose who dwell in the land of Egypt.

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, ^cto remain in the land of Judah. 5 But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven— 6 the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left ^dwith Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 And they ^ecame into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.

Judgment for Idolatry

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at ^jMigdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros,