Jeremiah 43
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A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing theBook of Jeremiah (the sixth book in Nevi'im).
Book	Book of Jeremiah
Hebrew Bible part	Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part	6
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	24

Jeremiah 43 is the forty-thirdchapter of theBook of Jeremiah in theHebrew Bible or theOld Testament of theChristianBible. This book contains prophecies attributed to theprophetJeremiah, and is one of theBooks of the Prophets. This chapter is part of a narrative section consisting of chapters37 to44.^[1] Chapters42-44 describe the emigration toEgypt involving theremnant who remained inJudah after much of the population wasexiled to Babylon.^[2] In this chapter, Jeremiah performs in Egypt one of thesign-acts distinctive of his prophetic style.^[3]

The original text was written inHebrew.This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebrew are of theMasoretic Text tradition, which includes theCodex Cairensis (895),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),Aleppo Codex (10th century),Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[4] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among theDead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJer^d (4Q72a; mid 2nd century BCE^[5]) with extant verses 2‑10,^[6] and 2QJer (2Q13; 1st century CE^[7]), with extant verses 8‑11.^[8][9]

There is also a translation intoKoine Greek known as theSeptuagint (with a different chapter numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of theSeptuagint version includeCodex Vaticanus (B;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^B; 4th century),Codex Sinaiticus (S;BHK:${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^S; 4th century),Codex Alexandrinus (A;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^A; 5th century) andCodex Marchalianus (Q;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^Q; 6th century).^[10]

Theparashah sections listed here are based on theAleppo Codex.^[11] Jeremiah 43 is a part of the "Sixteenth prophecy (Jeremiah 40-45)" in the section ofProphecies interwoven with narratives about the prophet's life (Jeremiah 26-45). {P}: openparashah; {S}: closedparashah.

{S} 43:1 {S} 43:2-7 {S} 43:8-13 {P}

The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), andVulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in theSeptuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in theEastern Orthodox Church and others) according toRahlfs orBrenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments fromBrenton's Septuagint, page 971.^[12]

The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based onAlfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) inGöttingen LXX.Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS).^[12]

⁵But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations where they had been driven—⁶men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and every person whomNebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son ofShaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.^[13]

And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.^[14]

• "Tahpanhes": an important fortress city on the northern border ofancient Egypt in the northeasternNile delta; generally equated with the Greek city ofDaphne; mentioned inJeremiah 2:16 in conjunction withMemphis (the Hebrew name is “Noph”).^[15]

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes.^[16]

Jeremiah was in Egypt "not out of choice, but by constraint".^[17]

He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.^[18]

• "Bethshemesh": Lit.House of the Sun, ancient "On" (Genesis 41:45; 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Cairo, the ancient worship center of sun-god Re,Isaiah 19:18^[19]), later called "Heliopolis".^[20] The oracle is to describe that Egypt is not a safe refuge fromNebuchadnezzar II ("he" in this verse; called "my servant" inJeremiah 25:9;27:6) who defeatedAmasis (Ahmosis II) in 568/567 BCE, and accomplished the prophesied deeds.^[19]

• Babylon
• Baruch ben Neriah
• Beth-shemesh
• Chaldean
• Egypt
• Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Saphan
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Tahpanhes
• RelatedBible part:Jeremiah 42,Jeremiah 44,Jeremiah 45

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