44:1 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS for all
the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt, and for those settled in Magdolo and
in Taphnas, and in the land of Pathura, saying,
44:2 Thus has Yehovah Elohim of Israel said; Ye have seen all the evils which
I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Judah; and, behold,
they are desolate without inhabitants,
44:3 because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me,
[by] going to burn incense to other gods, whom ye knew not.
44:4 yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I
sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.
44:5 But they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from
their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods.
44:6 So mine anger and my wrath dropped [upon them], and was kindled in the
gates of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation
and a waste, as at this day.
44:7 And now thus has Yehovah Almighty said, Wherefore do ye commit [these]
great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and
suckling from the midst of Judah, to the end that not one of you should be
left;
44:8 by provoking me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other
gods in the land of Egypt, into which ye entered to dwell there, that ye
might be cut off, and that ye might become a curse and a reproach among all
the nations of the earth?
44:9 Have ye forgotten the sins of your fathers, and the sins of the kings
of Judah, and the sins of your princes, and the sins of your wives, which
they wrought in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
44:10 And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my
ordinances, which I set before their fathers.
44:11 Therefore thus saith Yehovah; Behold I do set my face against [you]
44:12 to destroy all the remnant that are in Egypt; and they shall fall by
the sword, and by famine, and shall be consumed small and great: and they
shall be for reproach, and for destruction, and for a curse.
4413 And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:
44:14 and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Judah that
sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Judah, to which they
hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that
escape.
44:15 Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all
the women, a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of
Egypt, in Pathura, answered Jeremias, saying,
44:16 [As for] the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the
Lord, we will not hearken to thee.
44:17 For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our
mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings
to her, as wee and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and [so] we were filled
with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have
all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
44:19 And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured
drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings
to her, without our husbands?
44:20 Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women,
and all the people that returned him [these] words for answer, saying,
44:21 Did not Yehovah remember the incense which ye burned in the cities of
Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, and your kings,
and your princes, and the people of the land? and came it not into his
heart?
44:22 And Yehovah could no longer bear [you], because of the wickedness of
your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your
land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;
44:23 because of your burning incense, and [because] of the things wherein
ye sinned against Yehovah: and ye have not hearkened to the voice of the
Lord, and have not walked in his ordinances, and in his law, and in his
testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you.
44:24 And Jeremias said to the people, and to the women, Hear ye the word of
Yehovah.
44:25 Thus has Yehovah Elohim of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your
mouth, and ye fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, We will surely perform
our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour drink-offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have
indeed performed [them].
44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of Yehovah, all Jews dwelling in the land
of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Yehovah, my name
shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, Yehovah lives, in all
the land of Egypt.
44:27 For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good:
and all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by
famine, until they are utterly consumed.
44:28 And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Judah few in
number, and the remnant of Judah, who have continued in the land [of] Egypt
to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.
44:29 And this [shall be] a sign to you, that I will visit you for evil.
44:30 Thus said Yehovah; Behold, I [will] give Uaphres king of Egypt into
the hands of his enemy, and into the hands of one that seeks his life; as I
gave Sedekias king of Judah into the hands of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,
his enemy, and who sought his life. |
44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah
concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at
Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros,
saying,
44:2 Thus saith Yehovah of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Ye have seen all the
evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah;
and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they
knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and
sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their
wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in
the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and
desolate, as at this day.
44:7 Therefore now thus saith Yehovah, the Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Israel;
Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you
man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to
remain;
44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning
incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell,
that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a
reproach among all the nations of the earth?
44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of
the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own
wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in
the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor
walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your
fathers.
44:11 Therefore thus saith Yehovah of hosts, the Elohim of Israel; Behold, I
will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and
fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by
the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the
sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have
punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of
Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into
the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there:
for none shall return but such as shall escape.
44:15 Then all the men which knew that their 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 Pathros, answered Jeremiah,
saying,
44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Yehovah,
we will not hearken unto thee.
44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own
mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
offerings unto her, as we have done, we, 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 were well, and saw no evil.
44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to
pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the famine.
44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out
drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out
drink offerings unto her, without our men?
44:20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women,
and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,
44:21 The 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 Yehovah remember them, and came it not into his
mind?
44:22 So that Yehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your
doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore
is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an
inhabitant, as at this day.
44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the
Yehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Yehovah, nor walked in his law, nor
in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened
unto you, as at this day.
44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear
the word of Yehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
44:25 Thus saith Yehovah of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, saying; Ye and your
wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of Yehovah, all Judah that dwell in the
land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Yehovah, that
my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the
land of Egypt, saying, Yehovah GOD liveth.
44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the
men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword
and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone
into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand,
mine, or their's.
44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith Yehovah, that I will punish
you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against
you for evil:
44:30 Thus saith Yehovah; Behold, I will givePharaohhhophra king of Egypt
into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life;
as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. |