[1] The word which came to Jeremiah about all the Jews who were living in
the land of Egypt, in Migdol and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the
country of Pathros, saying, [2] The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has
said: You have seen all the evil which I have sent on Jerusalem and on all
the towns of Judah; and now, this day they are waste and unpeopled; [3]
Because of the evil which they have done, moving me to wrath by burning
perfumes in worship to other gods, who were not their gods or yours or the
gods of their fathers. [4] And I sent all my servants the prophets to you,
getting up early and sending them, saying, Do not do this disgusting thing
which is hated by me. [5] But they gave no attention, and their ears were
not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from
burning perfume to other gods. [6] Because of this, my passion and my wrath
were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day. [7] So now, the
Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing
this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little
child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one
is still living; [8] Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands,
burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to
make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of
shame among all the nations of the earth? [9] Have you no memory of the
evil-doing of your fathers, and the evil-doing of the kings of Judah, and
the evil-doing of their wives, and the evil which you yourselves have done,
and the evil which your wives have done, in the land of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem? [10] Even to this day their hearts are not broken,
and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my
rules which I gave to you and to your fathers. [11] So this is what the
Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned
against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah; [12] And I will
take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of
Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in
the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease;
death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the
sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder
and a curse and a name of shame. [13] For I will send punishment on those
who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on
Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease: [14] So that
not one of the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are
living there, will get away or keep his life, to come back to the land of
Judah where they are hoping to come back and be living again: for not one
will come back, but only those who are able to get away. [15] Then all the
men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods,
and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah,
said, [16] As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the
Lord, we will not give ear to you. [17] But we will certainly do every word
which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven
and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and
our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil. [18]
But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven
and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all
things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food. [19] And the
women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and
draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and
give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands? [20]
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the
people who had given him that answer, [21] The perfumes which you have been
burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your
fathers and your kings and your rulers and the people of the land, had the
Lord no memory of them, and did he not keep them in mind? [22] And the Lord
was no longer able to put up with the evil of your doings and the
disgusting things you did; and because of this your land has become a waste
and a cause of wonder and a curse, with no one living in it, as at this
day. [23] Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the
Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way
of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come
on you, as it is today. [24] Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and
all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are
living in Egypt: [25] This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel,
has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you
have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have
made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings
drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them. [26] And
now give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are living in
the land of Egypt: Truly, I have taken an oath by my great name, says the
Lord, that my name is no longer to be named in the mouth of any man of
Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, By the life of the Lord God. [27]
See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of
Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need
of food till there is an end of them. [28] And those who get away safe from
the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a
very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land
of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or
theirs. [29] And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will
give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will
certainly have effect against you for evil: [30] The Lord has said, See, I
will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are
fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah,
king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his
hater, who had designs against his life.

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