Jeremiah 43:8-11

^8 ^Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, ^9 “Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brickwork [of the terrace] which is at the entrance of Pharaoh’s ^[a]house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the men of Judah; ^10 ^and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get ^[b]Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne over these stones that I have hidden; and his [majestic, royal] canopy will be spread over them. ^11 ^He will also come and ^[c]strike the land of Egypt, giving those who are [destined] for death, to death, and those who are [destined] for captivity, to captivity, and those who are [destined] for the sword, to the sword.