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Jeremiah 44

Conquest of Egypt Predicted

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The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in  aMigdol,  bTahpanhes,  cMemphis, and the land of  dPathros, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, `You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in  aruins and no one lives in them,

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 abecause of their wickedness which they committed so as to  bprovoke Me to anger by continuing to  cburn  1sacrifices and to  dserve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

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`Yet I  asent you all My servants the prophets,  1again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this  babominable thing which I hate."

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`But  athey did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn  1sacrifices to other gods.

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`Therefore My  awrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the  bcities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a  cdesolation as it is this day.

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`Now then thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, "Why are you  adoing great harm to yourselves, so as to  bcut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,

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 aprovoking Me to anger with the works of your hands,  bburning  1sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a  ccurse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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"Have you forgotten the  awickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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"But they  ahave not become  1contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor  bwalked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers."'

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"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, `Behold, I am going to  aset My face against you for  1woe, even to cut off all Judah.

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`And I will  atake away the remnant of Judah who have set their  1mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all  2 bmeet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a  ccurse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.

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`And I will  apunish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence.

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`So there will be  ano refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are  1 blonging to return and live; for none will  creturn except a few refugees.' "

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Then  aall the men who were aware that their wives were burning  1sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly,  2including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying,

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"As for the  1 amessage that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD,  bwe are not going to listen to you!

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"But rather we will certainly  acarry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths,  1by burning  2sacrifices to the  bqueen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as  cwe ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had  dplenty of  3food and were well off and saw no  4misfortune.

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"But since we stopped burning  1sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have  alacked everything and have  2met our end by the sword and by famine."

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"And," said the women, "when we were  aburning  1sacrifices to the queen of heaven and  2were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it  bwithout our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes  3in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?"

Calamity for the Jews

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Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women--even to all the people who were giving him such an answer--saying,

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"As for the  1 asmoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the  bstreets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD  cremember them and did not all this come into His  2mind?

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"So the LORD was  ano longer able to endure it,  bbecause of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a  cruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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"Because you have burned  1sacrifices and have sinned against the LORD and  anot obeyed the voice of the LORD or  bwalked in His law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this  ccalamity has befallen you, as it has this day."

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Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, " aHear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are  bin the land of Egypt,

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thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: `As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, "We will  acertainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn  1sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her."  2 bGo ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!'

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1Nevertheless hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, `Behold, I have  asworn by My great name,' says the LORD, ` bnever shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, " cAs the Lord  2GOD lives."

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`Behold, I am watching over them  afor harm and not for good, and  ball the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will  1meet their end by the sword and by famine until they  2are completely gone.

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aThose who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah  1 bfew in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know  cwhose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

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`This will be the  asign to you,' declares the LORD, `that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that  bMy words will surely stand against you for harm.'

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"Thus says the LORD, `Behold, I am going to give over  aPharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over  bZedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.' "



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