30;
30 This is what the Lord
says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his
enemies who
want to kill him,
just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’” (3)
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26 But
hear the word of the Lord,
all you Jews living in Egypt:
‘I swear by My
Great Name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever
again invoke My name or swear,
“As surely as
the Sovereign Lord lives.” (8)
27 For I am watching
over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and
famine until they are all destroyed.
28 Those who escape the sword and
return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant
of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand—mine or
theirs.
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17 We
will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the
Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our
ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and
suffered no harm.
(8)
18 But ever since we
stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings
to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
19 The women added,
“When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings
to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her
image and pouring out drink offerings to her?”
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8 Why
arouse My Anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in
Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make
yourselves a curse and an object of reproach among all the nations
on earth.
(8)
9 Have you forgotten
the wickedness committed by your ancestors and by the kings and queens of Judah
and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah and the
streets of Jerusalem?
10 To this day they have not
humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My Law and the
decrees I set before you and your ancestors.
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23 Because
you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed Him or followed His Law or His Decrees or
His Stipulations, this disaster has come upon you, as you now see.” (5)
24 Then Jeremiah said
to all the people, including the women, “Hear the Word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.
25 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have done
what you said you would do when you promised, ‘We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense
and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.’ “Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your
vows!
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14 None
of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive
to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none
will return except a few fugitives.”
(5)
15 Then all the men
who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all
the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower
and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,
16 “We will not listen to the message you have
spoken to us in the name of the Lord!
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5 But
they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness
or stop burning incense to other gods.
(5)
6 Therefore, My Fierce Anger was
poured out; it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem
and made them the desolate ruins they are today.
7 “Now this is what the Lord
God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on
yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and
infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?
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29 “‘This
will be the sign to you that I will punish you in this place,’ declares the Lord, ‘so that you will know that My threats of harm against you
will surely stand.’
(2)
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20 Then
Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, (2)
21 “Did not the Lord remember and call to mind the incense burned in the towns of
Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your ancestors, your kings and
your officials and the people of the land?
22 When the Lord
could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did,
your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is
today.
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11 “Therefore
this is what the Lord
Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and
to destroy all Judah.
(2)
12 I will take away
the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They
will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From
the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine. They will become a
curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.
13 I will punish those who live in
Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.
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Disaster Because of
Idolatry
44 This word came to
Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes and
Memphis—and in Upper Egypt:
2 “This
is what the Lord Almighty, the God
of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all
the towns of Judah. Today they lie deserted and in ruins
(2)
3 because of the evil
they have done. They
aroused My Anger by burning incense to and worshiping other gods that neither
they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.
4 Again and again I
sent My servants the prophets, who said, ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!’
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