Jeremiah 2:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Yes, the people of Memphis[a] and Tahpanhes
shave the crown of your head.
Footnotes
- 2:16 Memphis: the capital of Lower Egypt. Tahpanhes: a frontier city of Egypt, east of the Delta. Shave the crown of your head: an image for Egypt plundering Judah; perhaps a reference to the capture of King Jehoahaz in 609 B.C. (2 Kgs 23:34).
Jeremiah 43:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 They went to Egypt—they did not listen to the voice of the Lord—and came to Tahpanhes.(A)
Jeremiah in Egypt. 8 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: 9 Take some large stones in your hand and set them in mortar in the terrace at the entrance to the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, while the Judahites watch.
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Jeremiah 44:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 44
1 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Judahites who were living in Egypt, those living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in Upper Egypt:
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Jeremiah 46:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Proclaim in Egypt, announce in Migdol,
announce in Memphis and Tahpanhes!
Say: Fall in, get ready,
the sword has devoured your neighbors.(A)
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