Bible Cross References
And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
Jeremiah 41:16-18
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Then Johanan and the leaders of the forces with him took charge of the people whom Ishmael had taken away as prisoners from Mizpah after murdering Gedaliah---soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs.
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They were afraid of the Babylonians because Ishmael had murdered Gedaliah, whom the king of Babylonia had made governor of the land. So they set out for Egypt, in order to get away from the Babylonians. On the way they stopped at Chimham near Bethlehem.
Jeremiah 42:14-22
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then the war that you fear will overtake you, and the hunger you dread will follow you, and you will die there in Egypt.
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All the people who are determined to go and live in Egypt will die either in war or of starvation or disease. Not one of them will survive, not one will escape the disaster that I am going to bring on them.'
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"The LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'Just as my anger and fury were poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so my fury will be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will be a horrifying sight; people will make fun of you and use your name as a curse. You will never see this place again.' "
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Then I continued, "The LORD has told you people who are left in Judah not to go to Egypt. And so I warn you now
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that you are making a fatal mistake. You asked me to pray to the LORD our God for you, and you promised that you would do everything that he commands.
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And now I have told you, but you are disobeying everything that the LORD our God sent me to tell you.
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So then, remember this: you will die in war or of starvation or disease in the land where you want to go and live."
Jeremiah 43:4-7
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So neither Johanan nor any of the army officers nor any of the people would obey the LORD's command to remain in the land of Judah.
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Then Johanan and all the army officers took everybody left in Judah away to Egypt, together with all the people who had returned from the nations where they had been scattered:
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the men, the women, the children, and the king's daughters. They took everyone whom Nebuzaradan the commanding officer had left under the care of Gedaliah, including Baruch and me.
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They disobeyed the LORD's command and went into Egypt as far as the city of Tahpanhes.