Jeremiah:44

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* The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt , who dwelt at Migdol , and at Tahpanhes , and at Noph , and in the country of Pathros , saying , * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem , and upon all the cities of Judah ; and behold they are , this day , a waste , and no man dwelleth therein , * because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger , in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods which they knew not , they , [nor ] ye , nor your fathers . * And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets , rising early and sending , saying , Oh , do not this abominable thing which I hate ! * But they hearkened not , nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness , to burn no incense unto other gods . * And my fury and mine anger was poured forth , and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ; and they are become a waste , a desolation , as at this day . * And now thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts , the God of Israel : Wherefore commit ye great evil against your souls , to cut off from you man and woman , infant and suckling , out of the midst of Judah , to leave you no remnant ; * provoking me to anger with the works of your hands , burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt , whither ye are come to sojourn , that ye should be cut off , and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth ? * Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers , and the wickedness of the kings of Judah , and the wickedness of their wives , and your own wickedness , and the wickedness of your wives , which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ? * They are not humbled unto this day , neither have they feared , nor walked in my law , nor in my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers . * Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold , I will set my face against you for evil , and to cut off all Judah . * And I will take the remnant of Judah , that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there , and they shall all be consumed : in the land of Egypt shall they fall ; they shall be consumed by the sword [and ] by the famine , from the least even unto the greatest ; they shall die by the sword and by the famine , and they shall be an execration , an astonishment , and a curse , and a reproach . * And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem , by the sword , by the famine , and by the pestilence ; * and none of the remnant of Judah , that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there , shall escape or remain , so as to return into the land of Judah , whither they have a desire to return to dwell there ; for none shall return but such as shall escape . * Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods , and all the women who stood by , a great assemblage , even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt , in Pathros , answered Jeremiah , saying , * [As for ] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah , we will not hearken unto thee , * but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth , to burn incense to the queen of the heavens , and to pour out drink-offerings to her , as we have done , we and our fathers , our kings and our princes , in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ; and we had plenty of bread , and were well , and saw no evil . * But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens , and pouring out drink-offerings to her , we have wanted everything , and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine . * And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her , did we make for her cakes to portray her , and pour out drink-offerings to her , without our husbands ? * And Jeremiah said unto all the people , to the men , and to the women , and to all the people that had given him that answer , saying , * Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem , ye and your fathers , your kings and your princes and the people of the land , that Jehovah remembered , and that came into his mind ? * And Jehovah could no longer bear , because of the evil of your doings , [and ] because of the abominations that ye had committed ; and your land is become a waste , and an astonishment , and a curse , without inhabitant , as at this day . * Because ye have burned incense , and because ye have sinned against Jehovah , and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah , nor walked in his law , nor in his statutes , nor in his testimonies ; therefore this evil hath come upon you , as at this day . * And Jeremiah said unto all the people , and to all the women , Hear ye the word of Jehovah , all Judah that are in the land of Egypt . * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel , saying , Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths , and fulfilled with your hands , saying , We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed , to burn incense to the queen of the heavens , and to pour out drink-offerings unto her . Ye will certainly establish your vows , and entirely perform your vows . * Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah , all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt : Behold , I have sworn by my great name , saith Jehovah , that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt , saying , [As ] the Lord Jehovah liveth . * Behold , I will watch over them for evil , and not for good ; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine , until there be an end of them . * And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah , a very small company ; and all the remnant of Judah , that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there , shall know whose word shall stand , mine or theirs . * And this shall be the sign unto you , saith Jehovah , that I will punish you in this place , that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil : * thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies , and into the hand of them that seek his life ; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , his enemy , and that sought his life .

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