Jeremiah 44
44:1The word coming to Jeremiah to all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt, and to the ones settling in Migdol, and in Tahpanhes, and in Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, saying,
44:2Thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel, You have seen all the evils which I brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Judah. And behold, they are desolate today of ones dwelling,
44:3because of the face of their wickedness of which they did to greatly embitter me; going to burn incense to other gods which they knew not, even you, and your fathers.
44:4And I sent to you my servants the prophets early. And I sent saying, You shall not do this thing, this contamination of which I detested.
44:5And they did not hearken to me, and they did not lean their ear to turn from their evils to not burn incense to other gods.
44:6And my anger dripped upon them, and my rage, and it was kindled in the cities of Judah, and outside Jerusalem. And they became for desolation and for an untrodden place, as this day.
44:7And now thus said the lord almighty, the God of Israel, Why do you do great evils against your souls? to cut off from you, man and woman, infant and one nursing, from the midst of Judah, to not leave behind for yourselves not one person;
44:8to embitter me greatly in the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you entered to dwell there, that you should be cut off, and that you should become as a curse and for scorning among all the nations of the earth.
44:9Have you yourselves forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Judah, and the evils of your rulers, and the evils of your wives, which they did in the land of Judah, and outside of Jerusalem?
44:10And they did not cease unto this day. And they feared not, and held not to my orders which I put in front of them, and in front of their fathers.
44:11On account of this, thus said the lord of the forces, the God of Israel; Behold, I set my face against you for evil, to destroy all Judah.
44:12And I shall take the remnant of Judah, the ones that established their face to enter into the land of Egypt to dwell there, and they shall fail all in the land of Egypt. And they shall fall by broadsword, and they shall fail by famine, from small unto great. And they will be for scorning, and for destruction, and for a curse.
44:13And I will visit against the ones settling in the land of Egypt, as I visited against Jerusalem by broadsword, and by famine, and by plague.
44:14And there shall not be one escaping, not one of the ones remaining of Judah, of the ones sojourning in the land of Egypt, to return into the land of Judah upon which they hope in their souls to return there. In no way shall they return, except the ones escaping.
44:15And they answered to Jeremiah -- all the men knowing that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women, a great gathering, and all the people settling down in the land of Egypt in the land of Pathros, saying,
44:16The word which you spoke to us in the name of the lord, we will not hearken to you.
44:17For in doing we will do all the matter which shall come forth out of our mouth to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to offer to her libations, as we did ourselves, and our fathers, and our kings, and our rulers in the cities of Judah, and outside Jerusalem. And we were filled of bread loaves, and we were better off, and we did not see bad things.
44:18And as we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heaven, and offering a libation to her of a libation, we were all made less, and by broadsword and by famine we failed.
44:19And seeing that we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and offered to her libations, did we without our husbands make to her cakes, and offer libations to her?
44:20And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the mighty men, and to the women, and to all the people responding to him with words, saying,
44:21Did not, concerning the incense of which you burned in the cities of Judah, and outside Jerusalem, you and your fathers, and your kings, and your rulers, and the people of the land, the lord remember? even it ascended unto his heart.
44:22And the lord was not able still to bear up from in front of the wickedness of your deeds, and from your abominations which you did; and your land became for desolation, and for an untrodden place, and for a curse, as this day;
44:23from in front of which you burned incense, and which you sinned against the lord, and hearkened not to the voice of the lord, and to his orders, and to his law; and by his testimonies you did not go; and these evils took hold of you as this day.
44:24And Jeremiah said to the people, and to the women, Hear the the word of the lord all Judah, the ones in the land of Egypt!
44:25Thus said the lord God of Israel, You and your women spoke with your mouth, and fulfilled by your hands, saying, In offering, we shall offer our acknowledgment offerings which we acknowledged, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to offer to her libations. In adhering you adhered to your acknowledgment offerings, and the offerings which you offered.
44:26On account of this, hear the word of the lord all Judah settling down in the land of Egypt! Behold, I swore by an oath to my great name, said the lord. My name shall no longer be in the mouth of all Judah to say, Live O Lord the lord, in all the land of Egypt.
44:27For behold, I have been vigilant against them, to inflict hurt on them, and to not do good. And all Judah dwelling in the land of Egypt shall fail by broadsword, and by famine, until whenever they shall cease.
44:28And the ones escaping from the broadsword shall return into the land of Judah being few in number. And all the remnant of Judah shall know, the ones sojourning in the land of Egypt to sojourn there, whose word will adhere, mine or theirs.
44:29And this is the sign, says the lord, to you, That I myself will visit upon you in this place, that you should know that my words shall adhere unto you for evils.
44:30Thus said the lord, Behold, I give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemy, and into the hands of ones seeking his life; as I have given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and the one seeking his life.