Dual Panel1The Lord spoke <01697> to <0413> Jeremiah <03414> concerning all <03605> the Judeans <03064> who were living <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, those in <03427> Migdol <04024>, Tahpanhes <08471>, Memphis <05297>, and in the region <0776> of southern <06624> Egypt.
2“The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘You <0859> have seen <07200> all <03605> the disaster <07451> I brought <0935> on <05921> Jerusalem <03389> and all <03605> the towns <05892> of Judah <03063>. Indeed <02005>, they now <02088> <03117> lie in ruins <02723> and are deserted <03427> <0369>.
3This happened because <06440> of the wickedness <07451> the people living there did <06213>. They made <03707> me angry <03707> by worshiping <05647> and offering sacrifice <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430> whom <0834> neither <03808> they <01992> nor you <0859> nor your ancestors <01> previously knew <03045>.
4I sent <07971> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030> to <0413> you people <03605> over <07925> and over <07971> again warning <0559> you not <0408> to do <06213> this <02063> disgusting <08441> thing <01697> I hate <08130>.
5But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not <03808> listen <08085> or pay <05186> any attention <0241>. They would not stop <07725> the wickedness <07451> they were doing nor <01115> quit sacrificing <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>.
6So my anger <02534> and my wrath <0639> were poured out <05413> and burned <01197> like a fire through the towns <05892> of Judah <03063> and the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>. That is why they have become <01961> the desolate <08077> ruins <02723> that they are today <03117>.’
7“So <03541> now <06258> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> who rules over all <06635>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, asks <0559>, ‘Why <04100> will you <0859> do <06213> such great <01419> harm <07451> to <0413> yourselves <05315>? Why should every man <0376>, woman <0802>, child <05768>, and baby <03243> of yours be destroyed <03772> from the midst <08432> of Judah <03063>? Why should you leave <03498> yourselves without <01115> a remnant <07611>?
8That is what will result from your making me angry <03707> by what you are doing <03027> <04639>. You are making me angry by sacrificing <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430> here in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> where <0834> you <0859> live <01481>. You will be destroyed <03772> for <04616> doing that <04616>! You will become <01961> an example used in curses <07045> and an object of ridicule <02781> among all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776>.
9Have you forgotten <07911> all the wicked <07451> things that <0834> have been done <06213> in the towns <0776> of Judah <03063> and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389> by your ancestors <01>, by the kings <04428> of Judah <03063> and their wives <0802>, by you and your wives <0802>?
10To <05704> this <02088> day <03117> your people have shown <01792> no <03808> contrition <01792>! They have not <03808> revered <03372> me nor <03808> followed <01980> the laws <08451> and statutes <02708> I commanded <05414> you and your ancestors <01>.’
11“Because of <03651> this <03541>, the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘I am determined <07760> to bring disaster <07451> on you, even to the point of destroying <03772> all <03605> the Judeans <03063> here.
12I will see <03947> to it that all the Judean <03063> remnant <07611> that <0834> was determined <06440> <07760> to go <0935> and live <01481> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will be destroyed <08552>. Here in <08033> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> they will fall <05307> in battle <02719> or perish <08552> from starvation <07458>. People of every class <01419> <05704> <06996> will die <04191> in war <02719> or from starvation <07458>. They will become <01961> an object of horror <08047> and ridicule <02781>, an example of those who have been cursed <07045> and that people use in pronouncing a curse <0423>.
13I will punish <06485> those who live <03427> in <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> with <05921> war <02719>, starvation <07458>, and disease <01698> just as <0834> I punished <06485> Jerusalem <03389>.
14None <03808> of the Judean <03063> remnant <07611> who have come <0935> to live <01481> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will <01961> escape <06412> or survive <08300> to return <07725> to the land <0776> of Judah <03063>. Though <0834> they <01992> long <05315> <05375> to return <07725> and live <03427> there <08033>, none <03808> of them shall return <07725> except <0518> <03588> a few fugitives <06412>.’”
15Then all <03605> the men <0376> who were aware <03045> that <03588> their wives <0802> were sacrificing <06999> to other <0312> gods <0430>, as well as all <03605> their wives <0802>, answered <06030> Jeremiah <03414>. There was a great <01419> crowd <06951> of them representing <05975> all <03605> the people <05971> who lived <03427> in northern <0776> and southern <06624> Egypt <04714>. They answered <0559>,
16“We will not <0369> listen <08085> to <0413> what <01697> you claim <08034> the Lord <03068> has spoken <01696> to <0413> us!
17Instead <03588> we will do <06213> everything <03605> we vowed <06310> <03318> we would do <06213>. We will sacrifice <06999> and pour out <05258> drink offerings <05262> to the goddess called the Queen <04446> of Heaven <08064> just as <0834> we <0587> and our ancestors <01>, our kings <04428>, and our leaders <08269> previously did <06213> in the towns <05892> of Judah <03063> and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>. For then we had plenty <07646> of food <03899>, were <01961> well-off <07451> <02896>, and had no <03808> troubles <07200>.
18But ever since <0227> <04480> we stopped <02308> sacrificing <06999> and pouring out <05258> drink offerings <05262> to the Queen <04446> of Heaven <08064>, we have been in great need <02637>. Our people have died <08552> in wars <02719> or of starvation <07458>.”
19The women added, “We <0587> did indeed <03588> sacrifice <06999> and pour out <05258> drink offerings <05262> to the Queen <04446> of Heaven <08064>. But <01107> it was with the full knowledge and approval of our husbands <0582> that we made <06213> cakes <03561> in her image and poured out <05258> drink offerings <05262> to her.”
20Then Jeremiah <03414> replied <0559> to <0413> all <03605> the people <05971>, both <05921> men <01397> and <05921> women <0802>, who responded <06030> to him in this way <01697>.
21“The Lord <03068> did indeed remember <02142> and call <05927> to <05921> mind <03820> what you did! He remembered the sacrifices <07002> you <0859> and your ancestors <01>, your kings <04428>, your leaders <08269>, and all the rest of the people <05971> of the land <0776> offered <06999> to other gods in the towns <05892> of Judah <03063> and in the streets <02351> of Jerusalem <03389>.
22Finally the Lord <03068> could <03201> no <03808> longer <05750> endure <05375> your wicked <07455> deeds <04611> and the disgusting things <08441> you did <06213>. That <0834> is why your land <0776> has become the desolate <08047>, uninhabited <03427> <0369> ruin <02723> that it is today <03117>. That <02088> is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses <07045>.
23You have sacrificed <06999> to other gods! You have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03069>! You have not <03808> obeyed <06963> <08085> the Lord <03069>! You have not <03808> followed <01980> his laws <08451>, his statutes <02708>, and his decrees <05715>! That is why <03651> this disaster <07451> that is evident to this <02063> day <03117> has happened <07122> to you.”
24Then Jeremiah <03414> spoke <0559> to <0413> all <03605> the people <05971>, particularly to <0413> all <03605> the women <0802>. “Listen <08085> to what <01697> the Lord <03068> has to say all <03605> you people of Judah <03063> who <0834> are in Egypt <04714>.
25The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘You <0859> women <0802> have confirmed <01696> by your actions <03027> what <0834> you vowed <05088> with your lips <06310>! You said <0559>, “We will certainly carry out <06213> <06213> our vows <05087> to sacrifice <06999> and pour out <05258> drink offerings <05262> to the Queen <04446> of Heaven <08064>.” Well, then fulfill <06965> your vows <05088>! Carry <06213> them out <06213>!’
26But <03651> listen <08085> to what <01697> the Lord <03068> has to say <01697>, all <03605> you people of Judah <03063> who are living <03427> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. The Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘I hereby swear <07650> by my own great <01419> name <08034> that <0518> none of the people of Judah who are living <01961> anywhere <03605> in Egypt <04714> will ever again <05750> invoke <07121> my name <08034> in their oaths <06310>! Never again will any <03605> of them <03063> <0376> use it in an oath saying <0559>, “As surely as the Lord <03069> God <0136> lives <02416>….”
27I will indeed <02005> see <08245> to <05921> it that disaster <07451>, not <03808> prosperity <02896>, happens to them. All <03605> the people <0376> of Judah <03063> who <0834> are in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will die <08552> in war or from starvation <07458> until <05704> not one of them is left <03615>.
28Some who survive <06412> in battle <02719> will return <07725> to the land <0776> of Judah <03063> from <04480> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. But they will be very few <04557> indeed! Then the Judean <03063> remnant <07611> who have come <0935> to live <01481> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will know <03045> whose <04310> word <01697> proves true <06965>, mine or theirs <01992> <04480>.’
29Moreover the Lord <03068> says <05002>, ‘I will make something happen to prove that <03588> I <0589> will punish <06485> you in <05921> this <02088> place <04725>. I will do it so that <04616> you will know <03045> that <03588> my threats <01697> to bring <06965> disaster <07451> on you will prove true.
30I, the Lord <03068>, promise <0559> that I will hand <05414> Pharaoh Hophra <06548> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> over <03027> to his enemies <0341> who are seeking <01245> to kill <05315> him. I will do that just <0834> as surely as I handed <05414> King <04428> Zedekiah <06667> of Judah <03063> over <03027> to King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894>, his enemy <0341> who was seeking <01245> to kill <05315> him.’”