1The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Judaeans living in Egypt, at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and in the district of Pathros:
2These are the words of the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah: today they lie in ruins and are left uninhabited,
3all because of the wickedness of those who provoked me to anger by going after other gods, gods unknown to them, by burning sacrifices in their service. It was you and your forefathers who did this.
4Constantly I sent all my servants the prophets to you with this warning: “Do not do this abominable thing, which I detest.”
5But your forefathers would not listen or pay any heed. They did not give up their wickedness or cease to burn sacrifices to other gods;
6so my anger and wrath were poured out, and swept like fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, until they became the desolate ruin they are today.
7Now these are the words of the LORD the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Why bring so great a disaster on yourselves? Why bring destruction on Judaeans, men and women, children and babes, and leave yourselves without a survivor?
8This is what comes of provoking me by your idol-worship in burning sacrifices to other gods in Egypt where you have made your home. You will destroy yourselves and become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations on earth.
9Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your forefathers, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by yourselves and your wives in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10To this day no remorse has been shown, no reverence, no obedience to the law and the statutes which I set before you and your forefathers.
11These, therefore, are the words of the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: I have resolved to bring disaster on you and to exterminate all the people of Judah.
12I shall deal with the remnant of Judah who decided to go to Egypt and make their home there; in Egypt they will all meet their end. Some will fall by the sword, others will meet their end by famine. High and low alike will die by sword or by famine and will be an object of execration and horror, of cursing and reproach.
13I shall punish those who live in Egypt as I punished those in Jerusalem, by sword, famine, and pestilence.
14Those who had remained in Judah came to make their home in Egypt, confident that they would return and live once more in Judah. But they will not return; not one of them will survive, not one escape.
15Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, and the large crowd of women standing by, indeed all of the people who lived in Pathros in Egypt, answered Jeremiah:
16“We are not going to listen to what you tell us in the name of the LORD.
17We intend to fulfil all the vows by which we have bound ourselves: we shall burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour drink-offerings to her as we used to do, we and our forefathers, our kings and leaders, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had food in plenty and were content; no disaster touched us.
18But from the time we left off burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring drink-offerings to her, we have been in great want, and we have fallen victims to sword and famine.”
19The women said, “All the time we burnt sacrifices to the queen of heaven and poured drink-offerings to her, our husbands were fully aware that we were making crescent-cakes marked with her image and pouring drink-offerings to her.”
20When Jeremiah received this answer from all the people, men and women, he said,
21“The LORD did not forget those sacrifices which you and your forefathers, your kings and princes, and the people of the land burnt in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they mounted up in his mind
22until he could no longer endure them, so wicked were your deeds, so abominable the things you did. Your land became a desolate waste, an object of horror and cursing, with no inhabitants, as it still is.
23The disaster you now suffer has come on you because you burnt these sacrifices and sinned against the LORD, refusing to obey the LORD and conform to his law, statutes, and teachings.”
24Further, Jeremiah said to all the people, particularly the women: Listen to the word of the LORD, all you from Judah who live in Egypt.
25These are the words of the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: You women have made your actions match your words. You said, “We shall carry out our vows to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and to pour drink-offerings to her.” Fulfil your vows by all means; carry them out!
26But listen to the word of the LORD, all you from Judah who are settled in Egypt. I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name will never again be invoked by any of the Judaeans; in Egypt they will no longer swear “by the life of the Lord GOD”.
27I am on the watch to bring you evil and not good, and all Judaeans who are in Egypt will meet their end by sword and famine until not one is left.
28It is then that any survivors of Judah who made their home in Egypt will know whose word prevails, mine or theirs.
29This is the sign I give you, says the LORD, that I intend to punish you in this place, so that you may learn that my threat of disaster against you will prevail.
30These are the words of the LORD: I shall hand over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to his enemies and to those who seek his life, just as I handed over King Zedekiah of Judah to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.
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