Jeremiah:44

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* The word that came to Jeremias , concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt , dwelling in Magdal , and in Taphnis , and in Memphis , and in the land of Phatures , saying : * Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel : You have seen all this evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem , and upon all the cities of Juda : and behold they are desolate this day , and there is not an inhabitant in them : * Because of the wickedness which they have committed , to provoke me to wrath , and to go and offer sacrifice , and worship other gods , which neither they , nor you , nor your fathers knew . * And I sent to you all my servants the prophets , rising early , and sending , and saying : Do not commit this abominable thing , which I hate . * But they heard not , nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways , and not to sacrifice to strange gods . * Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth , and was kindled in the cities of Juda , and in the streets of Jerusalem : and they are turned to desolation and waste , as at this day . * And now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel : Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls , that there should die of you man and woman , child and suckling out of the midst of Juda , and no remnant should be left you : * In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands , by sacrificing to other gods in the land of Egypt , into which you are come to dwell there : and that you should perish , and be a curse , and a reproach to all the nations of the earth ? * Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers , and the evils of the kings of Juda , and the evils of their wives , and your evils , and the evils of your wives , that they have done in the land of Juda , and in the streets of Jerusalem ? * They are not cleansed even to this day : neither have they feared , nor walked in the law of the Lord , nor in my commandments , which I set before you and your fathers . * Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel : Behold I will set my face upon you for evil : and I will destroy all Juda . * And I will take the remnant of Juda that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt , and to dwell there : and they shall be all consumed in the land of Egypt : they shall fall by the sword , and by the famine : and they shall be consumed from the least even to the greatest , by the sword , and by the famine shall they die : and they shall be for an execration , and for a wonder , and for a curse , and for a reproach . * And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt , as I have visited Jerusalem by the sword , and by famine , and by pestilence . * And there shall be none that shall escape , and remain of the remnant of the Jews that are gone to sojourn in the land of Egypt : and that shall return into the land of Juda , to which they have a desire to return to dwell there : there shall none return but they that shall flee . * Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods : and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude , and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures , answered Jeremias , saying : * As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord , we will not hearken to thee : * But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth , to sacrifice to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink offerings to her , as we and our fathers have done , our kings , and our princes in the cities of Juda , and in the streets of Jerusalem : and we were filled with bread , and it was well with us , and we saw no evil . * But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink offerings to her , we have wanted all things , and have been consumed by the sword , and by famine . * And if we offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven , and pour out drink offerings to her : did we make cakes to worship her , to pour out drink offerings to her , without our husbands ? * And Jeremias spoke to all the people , to the men , and to the women , and to all the people which had given him that answer , saying : * Was it not the sacrifice that you offered in the cities of Juda , and in the streets of Jerusalem , you and Sour fathers , your kings , and your princes , and the people of the land , which the Lord hath remembered , and hath it not entered into his heart ? * So that the Lord could no longer bear , because of the evil of your doings , and because of the abominations which you have committed : therefore your land is become a desolation , and an astonishment , and a curse , without an inhabitant , as at this day . * Because you have sacrificed to idols , and have sinned against the Lord : and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord , and have not walked in his law , and in his commandments , and in his testimonies : therefore are these evils come upon you , as at this day . * And Jeremias said to all the people , and to all the women : Hear ye the word of the Lord , all Juda , you that dwell in the land of Egypt : * Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel , saying : You and your wives have spoken with your mouth , and fulfilled with your hands , saying : Let us perform our vows which we have made , to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink offerings to her : you have fulfilled your vows , and have performed them indeed . * Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord , all Juda , you that dwell in the land of Egypt : Behold I have sworn by my great name , saith the Lord : that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Juda , in the land of Egypt , saying : The Lord God liveth . * Behold I will watch over them for evil , and not for good : and all the men of Juda that are in the land of Egypt , shall be consumed , by the sword , and by famine , till there be an end of them . * And a few men that shall flee from the sword , shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Juda : and all the remnant of Juda that are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there , shall know whose word shall stand , mine , or theirs . * And this shall be a sign to you , saith the Lord , that I will punish you in this place : that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil . * Thus saith the Lord : Behold I will deliver Pharao Ephree king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies , and into the hand of them that seek his life : as I delivered Sedecias king of Juda into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemy , and that sought his life .

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