4. So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the princes of the armies and all the people, did not hear the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah.
5. But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the princes of the armies, took all the remnant of Judah, that had returned from among all the Gentiles, where they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
6. men and women and children and the king’s daughters, and every soul 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;
7. and they left for the land of Egypt; because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord: thus they came even to Tahpanhes.
8. Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9. Take great stones in thine hand and cover them with clay in a brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
10. and say unto them, Thus hath the Lord of the hosts, the God of Israel said; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my slave and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid, and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.