Jeremiah 44:11–27

¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, ^xI will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. ¹²And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have ^yset their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and ^zthey shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed ^zby the sword and by the famine: they shall die, ^afrom the least even unto the greatest, ^zby the sword and by the famine: and ^bthey shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and ^ca curse, and ^ca reproach. ^13dFor I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, ^zby the sword, ^zby the famine, and ^zby the pestilence: ¹⁴So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall ^eescape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they ^†have a desire to return to dwell there: for ^fnone shall return but such as shall escape.

¹⁵Then all the men which knew that ^gtheir 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 ^hPathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, ¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, ⁱwe will not hearken unto thee. ¹⁷But we will certainly do ^jwhatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the ^||kqueen of heaven, and ^klto pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, ^lwe, 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 ^mwere well, and saw no evil. ¹⁸But since we left off ^kto burn incense to the queen of heaven, and ^kto pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and ⁿhave been consumed by the sword and by the famine. ¹⁹And ^kwhen we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and ^lpoured out drink offerings unto her, did we ^kmake her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our ^||men?

²⁰Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to ^othe men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, ^21mThe 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 ^ooremember them, and came it not into his mind? ^22pSo that the Lord ^qcould no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land ^rsa desolation, and ^rstan astonishment, and ^sta curse, ^uwithout an inhabitant, as at this day. ²³Because ye have burned incense, and ^vbecause 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 ^wthis evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

²⁴Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, ^xall Judah that are in the land of Egypt: ²⁵Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; ^gYe and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, ^jWe will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, ^lto burn incense to the queen of heaven, and ^lto pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. ²⁶Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ^xall Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, ^yI have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord, ^zthat my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ^aThe Lord God liveth. ²⁷Behold, ^bI will watch over them for evil, and not ^cfor good: and ^xall the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt ^dshall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.