Thematic Bible: Tahpanhes
Thematic Bible
Tahpanhes » A city » Egypt
have also broken your skull.
Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes!
Say: Take positions! Prepare yourself,
for the sword devours all around you.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros:
Verse Concepts
and they went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes. Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: "Pick up some large stones and set them in the mortar of the brick pavement that is at the opening of Pharaoh's palace at Tahpanhes. [Do this] in the sight of the Judean men
when I break the yoke of Egypt there
and its proud strength
comes to an end in the city.
A cloud
and its villages will go into captivity.