Jeremiah:44
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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt ,
which dwell at Migdol ,
and at Tahpanhes ,
and at Noph ,
and in the country of Pathros ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Ye have seen all the evil that 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 ,
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Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger ,
in that they went to burn incense ,
and to serve other gods ,
whom they knew not ,
neither they ,
ye ,
nor your fathers .
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Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets ,
rising early and sending them ,
saying ,
Oh ,
do not this abominable thing that I hate .
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But they hearkened not ,
nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness ,
to burn no incense unto other gods .
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Wherefore 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 wasted and desolate ,
as at this day .
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Therefore now thus saith the LORD ,
the God of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls ,
to cut off from you man and woman ,
child and suckling ,
out of Judah ,
to leave you none to remain sh @#
eriyth #;
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In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands ,
burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt ,
whither ye be gone to dwell ,
that ye might cut yourselves off ,
and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth ?
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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 ?
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They are not humbled even unto this day ,
neither have they feared ,
nor walked in my law ,
nor in my statutes ,
that I set before you and before your fathers .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #;
Behold ,
I will set my face against you for evil ,
and to cut off all Judah .
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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 ,
and fall in the land of Egypt ;
they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine ra #
ab #:
they shall die ,
from the least even unto the greatest ,
by the sword and by the famine ra #
ab #:
and they shall be an execration ,
and an astonishment ,
and a curse ,
and a reproach .
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For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt ,
as I have punished Jerusalem ,
by the sword ,
by the famine ra #
ab #,
and by the pestilence :
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So that none of the remnant of Judah ,
which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there ,
shall escape or remain ,
that they should return into the land of Judah ,
to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there :
for none shall return but such as shall escape .
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Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods ,
and all the women that stood by ,
a great multitude ,
even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt ,
in Pathros ,
answered Jeremiah ,
saying ,
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As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD ,
we will not hearken unto thee .
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But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth ,
to burn incense unto the queen of heaven ,
and to pour out drink offerings unto 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 had we plenty of victuals ,
and were well ,
and saw no evil .
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But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven ,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her ,
we have wanted all things ,
and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine ra #
ab #.
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And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven ,
and poured out drink offerings unto her ,
did we make her cakes to worship her ,
and pour out drink offerings unto her ,
without our men ?
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Then Jeremiah said unto all the people ,
to the men ,
and to the women ,
and to all the people which had given him that answer dabar #,
saying ,
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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 ,
did not the LORD remember them ,
and came it not into his mind ?
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So that the LORD could no longer bear ,
because of the evil of your doings ma #
alal #,
and because of the abominations which ye have committed ;
therefore is your land a desolation ,
and an astonishment ,
and a curse ,
without an inhabitant ,
as at this day .
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Because paniym #
ye have burned incense ,
and because ye have sinned against the LORD ,
and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD ,
nor walked in his law ,
nor in his statutes ,
nor in his testimonies ;
therefore this evil is happened unto you ,
as at this day .
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Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people ,
and to all the women ,
Hear the word of the LORD ,
all Judah that are in the land of Egypt :
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
saying ;
Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths ,
and fulfilled with your hand ,
saying ,
We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed ,
to burn incense to the queen of heaven ,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her :
ye will surely accomplish your vows ,
and surely perform your vows .
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Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD ,
all Judah 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 Judah in all the land of Egypt ,
saying ,
The Lord GOD liveth .
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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 ra #
ab #,
until there be an end of them .
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Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah ,
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 .
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And this shall be a sign unto you ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will punish you in this place ,
that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil :
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Thus saith the LORD ;
Behold ,
I will give Pharaohhophra Par #
ohking 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 .