Take great stones to your hand and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.
The Word which was to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, those living at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the land of Pathros, saying,
Declare it in Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and make it heard in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast and prepare yourself, for the sword shall devour all around you.
At Tehaphnehes, the day will be dark when I shatter there the yokes of Egypt. And the pride of her strength shall cease in her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.