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Jeremiah

1 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, 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is­rael; 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, 3 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. 4 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. 5 But they hear­kened not, nor in­clined their ear to turn from their wicked­ness, to burn no in­cense unto oth­er gods. 6 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. 7 There­fore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Is­rael; 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; 8 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? 9 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? 10 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. 11 There­fore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is­rael; Be­hold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Ju­dah. 12 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: they shall die, from the least even unto the great­est, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an ex­e­cra­tion, and an as­ton­ish­ment, and a curse, and a re­proach. 13 For I will pun­ish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have pun­ished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti­lence: 14 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. 15 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, 16 As for the word that thou hast spo­ken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hear­ken unto thee. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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? 20 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, say­ing, 21 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? 22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, be­cause of the evil of your do­ings, 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. 23 Be­cause 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. 24 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: 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Is­rael, 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. 26 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. 27 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, un­til there be an end of them. 28 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. 29 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: 30 Thus saith the LORD; Be­hold, I will give Pharao­hhophra king 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.