Jeremiah:44

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* The word which came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt , that dwelt at Migdol , and at Tahpanhes , and at Noph , and in the land of Pathros , saying : * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Ye have seen all the evil which I have brought upon Jerusalem , and upon all the cities of Judah ; and behold , this day they are a desolation , 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 and to serve strange gods , whom they knew not , neither they , ye , nor your fathers ; * and I sent to you all my servants , the prophets , rising early and sending them , saying : O 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 to strange gods . * Therefore hath my fury been poured forth , and mine anger , and hath burned in the cities of Judah , and in the streets of Jerusalem ; and they are become a desolation and a waste at this day . * And now thus saith Jehovah , the God of hosts , the God of Israel : Wherefore do ye commit this great evil against your own souls , that ye may cut off from you man and woman , child and suckling , out of Judah , so as to leave yourselves no remnant ? * Why do ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands , burning incense to strange gods in the land of Egypt , whither ye are gone to dwell , so that ye may cut yourselves off , and that ye may 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 have not been humbled even to 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 set my face against you for evil , even to cut off all Judah . * And I will take the remnant of Judah , that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there , and they shall all be consumed ; in the land of Egypt shall they fall ; by the sword and by famine shall they be consumed , from the least to the greatest ; by the sword and by famine shall they die ; and they shall become an execration , and an astonishment , and a curse , and a reproach . * For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt , as I have punished Jerusalem , by the sword , by famine , and by pestilence . * And none shall escape or remain of the remnant of Judah which are gone into the land of Egypt , to sojourn there , and to return into the land of Judah , to which they have a desire to return , to dwell there ; for none shall return but a few fugitives that escape . * Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to strange gods , and all the women that stood by , a great multitude , even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt , and in Pathros , answered Jeremiah , saying : * "As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of Jehovah , we will not hearken to thee , * But whatever hath gone forth from our mouth , that will we do , to burn incense to the queen of heaven , 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 ; for then we had plenty of bread , and were prosperous , and saw no calamity . * But from the time we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink –offerings to her , we have been in want of all things , and have been consumed by the sword and by famine . * And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven , and poured out drink –offerings to her , did we without the knowledge of our men make cakes to worship her , and pour out drink –offerings to her ?" * Then spake Jeremiah to all the people , to the men , and to the women , and to all the people who had given him that answer , saying : * "The incense which 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 , did not Jehovah remember it , and came it not into his mind ? * And Jehovah could no longer bear the evil of your doings , and the abominations which ye committed ; therefore is your land a desolation , and an astonishment , and a curse , without an inhabitant at this day . * Because ye have burned incense , and because ye have sinned against Jehovah , and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah , nor walked in his law , nor in his statutes , nor in his ordinances , therefore is this evil come upon you , at this day ." * And Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women , Hear the word of Jehovah , all Judah , that are in the land of Egypt ! * Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , the God of Israel : Ye and your wives speak with your mouths , and fulfill with your hands ; ye say , "We will keep our vows , which we have vowed , to burn incense to the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink –offerings to her "; ye will surely accomplish your vows ; ye will surely perform your vows . * Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah , all ye of Judah , that dwell in the land of Egypt ! Behold , I swear 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 who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by 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 , few in number ; and all the remnant of Judah , that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there , shall know whose words shall stand , mine or theirs . * And this shall be a sign to you , saith Jehovah , that I will punish you in this place , that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil . * Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I will give Pharaoh Hophra , the king of Egypt , into the hand of his enemies , and into the hand of them that seek his life , as I gave Zedekiah , the king of Judah , into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar , the king of Babylon , his enemy , that sought his life ."

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