Jeremiah:44:2-17
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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 #
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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 .