Then the wordof the LORDcameto Jeremiahin Tahpanhes,saying,
Wherecan I gofrom Your Spirit?Or wherecan I fleefrom Your presence?
"Alsothe menof Memphisand TahpanhesHave shavedthe crownof your head.
"Take[some] largestonesin your handsand hidethem in the mortarin the brick[terrace] whichis at the entranceof Pharaoh'spalacein Tahpanhes,in the sightof some[of the] Jews;
The wordthat cameto Jeremiahfor allthe Jewslivingin the landof Egypt,those who were livingin Migdol,Tahpanhes,Memphis,and the landof Pathros,saying,
"Declarein Egyptand proclaimin Migdol,Proclaimalso in Memphisand Tahpanhes;Say,'Takeyour standand getyourself ready,For the swordhas devouredthose aroundyou.'
In the tenthyear,in the tenth[month], on the twelfthof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
The wordof the LORDcameagain to me saying,
"In Tehaphnehesthe daywill be darkWhen I breaktherethe yokebarsof Egypt.Then the prideof her powerwill ceasein her; A cloudwill coverher, And her daughterswill gointo captivity.
In the eleventhyear,in the third[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
In the twelfthyear,in the twelfth[month], on the firstof the month,the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
for whichI suffer hardshipevento imprisonmentas a criminal;but the wordof Godis not imprisoned.