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16 Yes, the people of Memphis[a] and Tahpanhes
    shave the crown of your head.

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Footnotes

  1. 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).

16 Also, the men of Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes(B)
    have cracked your skull.

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They went to Egypt—they did not listen to the voice of the Lord—and came to Tahpanhes.(A)

Jeremiah in Egypt. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: 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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So they entered Egypt(A) in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes.(B)

In Tahpanhes(C) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “While the Jews are watching, take some large stones(D) with you and bury them in clay in the brick(E) pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace(F) in Tahpanhes.

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Chapter 44

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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Disaster Because of Idolatry

44 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt(A)—in Migdol,(B) Tahpanhes(C) and Memphis(D)—and in Upper Egypt:(E)

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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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14 “Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis(A) and Tahpanhes:(B)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours(C) those around you.’

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