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Jeremiah 43:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
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Role in This Section
The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men…” at Jeremiah 43:2 as part of “Leaders Reject the Word and Force the Community into Egypt.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 43:1–7
Read Jeremiah 43:2 with 43:1–7. By itself, “Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Azariah, Johanan, and others accuse Jeremiah of lying and Baruch of manipulation, then take the whole remnant, including prophet and scribe, to Tahpanhes.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 43:1–7. The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men…” at Jeremiah 43:2 as part of “Leaders Reject the Word and Force the Community into Egypt.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The migration includes coercion; it must not be described as free collective choice or used to blame all participants equally.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 43:1–7 — Leaders Reject the Word and Force the Community into EgyptSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 43:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 43:1–7
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