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Jeremiah 44
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Jeremiah Warns the Refugees in Egypt

44This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, saying,H1697H3414H3064H3427H776H4714H3427H4024H8471H5297H776H6624H559
2"This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'You have seen the disaster that I brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah. Look, they're in ruins today, with no one living in them,H559H3068H6635H430H3478H7200H7451H935H3389H5892H3063H3117H2723H3427
3because of the wickedness that they did, provoking me to anger by continuing to offer sacrifices and worship other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors had known.H6440H7451H6213H3707H3212H6999H5647H312H430H3045H1
4Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, "Don't do this repulsive thing that I hate."H7971H5650H5030H7925H7971H559H6213H8441H1697H8130
5But they didn't listen or pay attention by turning from their wickedness and not offering sacrifices to other gods.H8085H5186H241H7725H7451H6999H312H430
6My wrath and my anger were poured out, and they burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem so that they have become a ruin and a desolate place, as is the case todayH2534H639H5413H1197H5892H3063H2351H3389H2723H8077H3117
7'Now, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves so as to cut off from Judah, man and woman, child and infant from you, leaving yourselves without a remnant -H559H3068H430H6635H430H3478H6213H1419H7451H5315H3772H376H802H5768H3243H8432H3063H3498H7611
8And why have you provoked me to anger by the works of your hands, by offering sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to settle so that you cut yourselves off and become an object of ridicule and scorn among all the nations of the earth -H3707H4639H3027H6999H312H430H776H4714H935H1481H3772H7045H2781H1471H776
9Have you forgotten the evil deeds of your ancestors, the evil deeds of the kings of Judah, the evil deeds of their wives, your evil deeds, and the evil deeds of your wives, that they did in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem -H7911H7451H1H7451H4428H3063H7451H802H7451H7451H802H6213H776H3063H2351H3389
10To this day they haven't humbled themselves, they haven't shown reverence for the Lord, and they haven't lived according to my Law and my statutes that I set before them and before their ancestors."'9H1792H3117H3372H1980H8451H2708H5414H6440H6440H1
11Therefore, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Look, I've determined to bring disaster on you and to cut off all Judah.H559H3068H6635H430H3478H7760H6440H7451H3772H3063
12I'll take the remnant of Judah that determined to go to the land of Egypt to settle there, and all of them will come to an end in the land of Egypt. They'll fall by the sword, and they'll come to an end by famine. They'll become a curse, an object of horror, ridicule, and scorn.H3947H7611H3063H7760H6440H935H776H4714H1481H8552H5307H776H4714H8552H2719H7458H4191H6996H1419H2719H7458H423H8047H7045H2781
13I'll punish those who live in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem?with the sword, with famine, and with plague.H6485H3427H776H4714H6485H3389H2719H7458H1698
14Of the remnant of Judah that came into the land of Egypt to settle there, no one will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah where they long to return and live. Indeed, they won't return, except for some refugees.H7611H3063H935H776H4714H1481H6412H8300H7725H776H3063H5375H5315H7725H3427H7725H6405

The Refugees Refuse to Repent

15Then all the men who knew that their wives were offering sacrifices to other gods and all the women who were standing by - a large group, including all the people who were living in the land of Egypt in Pathros - answered Jeremiah:H582H3045H802H6999H312H430H802H5975H1419H6951H5971H3427H776H4714H6624H6030H3414H559
16"As for the message that you reported to us in the name of the Lord, we won't listen to you!H1697H1696H8034H3068H8085
17Rather, we will keep doing everything that we said we would by offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and by pouring out liquid offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of bread, things went well for us, and we didn't experience disaster.H6213H6213H1697H3318H6310H6999H4446H8064H5258H5262H6213H1H4428H8269H5892H3063H2351H3389H7646H3899H2896H7200H7451
18From the time we stopped offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out liquid offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and we have been consumed by the sword and famine.H2308H6999H4446H8064H5258H5262H2637H8552H2719H7458
19Indeed, we are going to continue offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out liquid offerings to her. And do you think we have made cakes to represent her or poured out liquid offerings for her without our husbands' approval?H6999H4446H8064H5258H5262H6213H3561H6087H5258H5262H1107H582

Final Judgment Proclaimed

20Then Jeremiah spoke a word to all the people, to the young men, to the women, and to all the people who were answering him:H3414H559H5971H1397H802H5971H1697H6030H559
21"As for the sacrifices that you, your ancestors, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land offered in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the Lord remembered them, did he not?And they came to his attention, did they not -H7002H6999H5892H3063H2351H3389H1H4428H8269H5971H776H3068H2142H5927H3820
22The Lord could no longer bear it because of your evil deeds and the repulsive things that you did. So your land has become a ruin and an object of horror and ridicule without an inhabitant, as is the case today.H3068H3201H5375H6440H7455H4611H6440H8441H6213H776H2723H8047H7045H3427H3117
23Because you offered sacrifices and sinned against the Lord, you didn't obey the Lord and didn't live according to his Law, his statutes, or his testimonies; therefore, this disaster has happened to you, as is the case today."H6440H834H6999H2398H3068H8085H6963H3068H1980H8451H2708H5715H7451H7122H3117
24Then Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, "All you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt, listen to the word of the Lord!H3414H559H5971H802H8085H1697H3068H3063H776H4714
25This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and acted with your hands: "We will certainly carry through on the vows that we vowed to offer sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pour out liquid offerings to her!" Go ahead, carry through on your vows, and diligently do what you vowed!'H559H3068H6635H430H3478H559H802H1696H6310H4390H3027H559H6213H6213H5088H5087H6999H4446H8064H5258H5262H6965H6965H5088H6213H6213H5088
26But listen to the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. 'Look, I've sworn by my great name', says the Lord, 'my name will no longer be invoked by the mouth of any person in the entire land of Egypt, as he says, "As surely as the Lord God lives…"H8085H1697H3068H3063H3427H776H4714H7650H1419H8034H559H3068H8034H7121H6310H376H3063H776H4714H559H136H3069H2416
27'Look, I'm watching over them to bring disaster rather than good. Every person of Judah in the land of Egypt will be brought to an end by the sword and by famine until they're completely gone.H8245H7451H2896H376H3063H776H4714H8552H2719H7458H3615
28The ones who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have come into the land of Egypt to settle will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.H4962H4557H6412H2719H7725H776H4714H776H3063H7611H3063H935H776H4714H1481H3045H1697H6965
29This will be a sign to you,' declares the Lord, 'that I'll punish you in this place so that you may know that my words concerning disaster against you will surely stand.'H226H5002H3068H6485H4725H3045H1697H6965H6965H7451
30This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I'm going to give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies and into the hands of those seeking his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking his life.H559H3068H5414H6548H4428H4714H3027H341H3027H1245H5315H5414H6667H4428H3063H3027H5019H4428H894H341H1245H5315


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