Jeremiah 41:17

New International Reader's Version

They went on their way. They stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem. They were going to Egypt.

Cross References

Jeremiah 42:14

And suppose you say, ‘No! We’ll go and live in Egypt. There we won’t have to face war anymore. We won’t hear the trumpets of war. And we won’t get hungry.’

Jeremiah 42:19

“The Lord has spoken to you who are left in Judah. He has said, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Here is something you can be sure of. I am warning you about it today.

Jeremiah 43:5

Instead Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the other army officers led away all the people who were left in Judah. Those people had returned to Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.

Jeremiah 43:7

So the Jewish leaders disobeyed the Lord. They took everyone to Egypt. They went all the way to Tahpanhes.