Jeremiah 44 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, ^[2] “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. Behold, today they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them, ^[3] because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, to serve other gods that they didn’t know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. ^[4] However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.” ^[5] But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods. ^[6] Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is today.’ ^[7] “Therefore now Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why do you commit great evil against your own souls, to cut off from yourselves man and woman, infant and nursing child out of the middle of Judah, to leave yourselves no one remaining, ^[8] in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live, that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? ^[9] Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, 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? ^[10] They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’ ^[11] “Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah. ^[12] I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach. ^[13] For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; ^[14] so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’ ” ^[15] Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, ^[16] “As for the word that you have spoken to us in Yahweh’s name, we will not listen to you. ^[17] But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to 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 we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. ^[18] But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.” ^[19] The women said, “When we burned incense to the queen of the sky and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our husbands?” ^[20] Then Jeremiah said to all the people—to the men and to the women, even to all the people who had given him an answer, saying, ^[21] “The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, didn’t Yahweh remember them, and didn’t it come into his mind? ^[22] Thus Yahweh could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation, an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is today. ^[23] Because you have burned incense and because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.” ^[24] Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear Yahweh’s word, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt! ^[25] Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.”“ ‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’ ^[26] “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord Yahweh lives.” ^[27] Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone. ^[28] Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs. ^[29] “ ‘This will be the sign to you,’ says Yahweh, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’ ^[30] Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.’ ”

King James Version

^[1] The wordH1697 that came to JeremiahH3414 concerning all the JewsH3064 which dwellH3427(QalActPtc) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 which dwellH3427(QalActPtc) at Migdol,H4024 and at Tahpanhes,H8471 and at Noph,H5297 and in the countryH776 of Pathros,H6624 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[2] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Ye have seenH7200(QalPerf) all the evilH7451 that I have broughtH935(HiphPerf) upon Jerusalem,H3389 and upon all the citiesH5892 of Judah;H3063 and, behold, this dayH3117 they [are] a desolation,H2723 and no man dwellethH3427(QalActPtc) therein, ^[3] BecauseH6440 of their wickednessH7451 which they have committedH6213(QalPerf) to provoke me to anger,H3707(HiphInf) in that they wentH3212(QalInf) to burn incense,H6999(PielInf) [and] to serveH5647(QalInf) otherH312 gods,H430 whom they knewH3045(QalPerf) not, [neither] they, ye, nor your fathers.H1 ^[4] Howbeit I sentH7971(QalImpf) unto you all my servantsH5650 the prophets,H5030 rising earlyH7925(HiphInf) and sendingH7971(QalInf) [them], saying,H559(QalInf) Oh, doH6213(QalImpf) not this abominableH8441 thingH1697 that I hate.H8130(QalPerf) ^[5] But they hearkenedH8085(QalPerf) not, nor inclinedH5186(HiphPerf) their earH241 to turnH7725(QalInf) from their wickedness,H7451 to burn no incenseH6999(PielInf) unto otherH312 gods.H430 ^[6] Wherefore my furyH2534 and mine angerH639 was poured forth,H5413(QalImpf) and was kindledH1197(QalImpf) in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 and in the streetsH2351 of Jerusalem;H3389 and they are wastedH2723 [and] desolate,H8077 as at this day.H3117 ^[7] Therefore now thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 the GodH430 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Wherefore commitH6213(QalActPtc) ye [this] greatH1419 evilH7451 against your souls,H5315 to cut offH3772(HiphInf) from you manH376 and woman,H802 childH5768 and suckling,H3243(QalActPtc) outH8432 of Judah,H3063 to leaveH3498(HiphInf) you none to remain;H7611 ^[8] In that ye provoke me unto wrathH3707(HiphInf) with the worksH4639 of your hands,H3027 burning incenseH6999(PielInf) unto otherH312 godsH430 in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 whither ye be goneH935(QalActPtc) to dwell,H1481(QalInf) that ye might cut yourselves off,H3772(HiphInf) and that ye might be a curseH7045 and a reproachH2781 among all the nationsH1471 of the earth?H776 ^[9] Have ye forgottenH7911(QalPerf) the wickednessH7451 of your fathers,H1 and the wickednessH7451 of the kingsH4428 of Judah,H3063 and the wickednessH7451 of their wives,H802 and your own wickedness,H7451 and the wickednessH7451 of your wives,H802 which they have committedH6213(QalPerf) in the landH776 of Judah,H3063 and in the streetsH2351 of Jerusalem?H3389 ^[10] They are not humbledH1792(PualPerf) [even] unto this day,H3117 neither have they feared,H3372(QalPerf) nor walkedH1980(QalPerf) in my law,H8451 nor in my statutes,H2708 that I setH5414(QalPerf) beforeH6440 you and beforeH6440 your fathers.H1 ^[11] Therefore thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel;H3478 Behold, I will setH7760(QalActPtc) my faceH6440 against you for evil,H7451 and to cut offH3772(HiphInf) all Judah.H3063 ^[12] And I will takeH3947(QalPerf) the remnantH7611 of Judah,H3063 that have setH7760(QalPerf) their facesH6440 to goH935(QalInf) into the landH776 of EgyptH4714 to sojournH1481(QalInf) there, and they shall all be consumed,H8552(QalPerf) [and] fallH5307(QalImpf) in the landH776 of Egypt;H4714 they shall [even] be consumedH8552(NiphImpf) by the swordH2719 [and] by the famine:H7458 they shall die,H4191(QalImpf) from the leastH6996 even unto the greatest,H1419 by the swordH2719 and by the famine:H7458 and they shall be an execration,H423 [and] an astonishment,H8047 and a curse,H7045 and a reproach.H2781 ^[13] For I will punishH6485(QalPerf) them that dwellH3427(QalActPtc) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 as I have punishedH6485(QalPerf) Jerusalem,H3389 by the sword,H2719 by the famine,H7458 and by the pestilence:H1698 ^[14] So that none of the remnantH7611 of Judah,H3063 which are goneH935(QalActPtc) into the landH776 of EgyptH4714 to sojournH1481(QalInf) there, shall escapeH6412 or remain,H8300 that they should returnH7725(QalInf) into the landH776 of Judah,H3063 to the which they haveH5375(PielPtc) a desireH5315 to returnH7725(QalInf) to dwellH3427(QalInf) there: for none shall returnH7725(QalImpf) but such as shall escape.H6405 ^[15] Then all the menH582 which knewH3045(QalActPtc) that their wivesH802 had burned incenseH6999(PielPtc) unto otherH312 gods,H430 and all the womenH802 that stood by,H5975(QalActPtc) a greatH1419 multitude,H6951 even all the peopleH5971 that dweltH3427(QalActPtc) in the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 in Pathros,H6624 answeredH6030(QalImpf) Jeremiah,H3414 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[16] [As for] the wordH1697 that thou hast spokenH1696(PielPerf) unto us in the nameH8034 of the Lord,H3068 we will not hearkenH8085(QalActPtc) unto thee. ^[17] But we will certainlyH6213(QalInf) doH6213(QalImpf) whatsoever thingH1697 goeth forthH3318(QalPerf) out of our own mouth,H6310 to burn incenseH6999(PielInf) unto the queenH4446 of heaven,H8064 and to pour outH5258(HiphInf) drink offeringsH5262 unto her, as we have done,H6213(QalPerf) we, and our fathers,H1 our kings,H4428 and our princes,H8269 in the citiesH5892 of Judah,H3063 and in the streetsH2351 of Jerusalem:H3389 for [then] had we plentyH7646(QalImpf) of victuals,H3899 and were well,H2896 and sawH7200(QalPerf) no evil.H7451 ^[18] But since we left offH2308(QalPerf) to burn incenseH6999(PielInf) to the queenH4446 of heaven,H8064 and to pour outH5258(HiphInf) drink offeringsH5262 unto her, we have wantedH2637(QalPerf) all [things], and have been consumedH8552(QalPerf) by the swordH2719 and by the famine.H7458 ^[19] And when we burned incenseH6999(PielPtc) to the queenH4446 of heaven,H8064 and poured outH5258(HiphInf) drink offeringsH5262 unto her, did we makeH6213(QalPerf) her cakesH3561 to worshipH6087(HiphInf) her, and pour outH5258(HiphInf) drink offeringsH5262 unto her, withoutH1107 our men?H582 ^[20] Then JeremiahH3414 saidH559(QalImpf) unto all the people,H5971 to the men,H1397 and to the women,H802 and to all the peopleH5971 which had given him [that] answer,H1697 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[21] The incenseH7002 that ye burnedH6999(PielPerf) in the citiesH5892 of Judah,H3063 and in the streetsH2351 of Jerusalem,H3389 ye, and your fathers,H1 your kings,H4428 and your princes,H8269 and the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 did not the LordH3068 rememberH2142(QalPerf) them, and cameH5927(QalImpf) it [not] into his mind?H3820 ^[22] So that the LordH3068 couldH3201(QalImpf) no longer bear,H5375(QalInf) becauseH6440 of the evilH7455 of your doings,H4611 [and] becauseH6440 of the abominationsH8441 which ye have committed;H6213(QalPerf) therefore is your landH776 a desolation,H2723 and an astonishment,H8047 and a curse,H7045 without an inhabitant,H3427(QalActPtc) as at this day.H3117 ^[23] BecauseH6440 ye have burned incense,H6999(PielPerf) and because ye have sinnedH2398(QalPerf) against the Lord,H3068 and have not obeyedH8085(QalPerf) the voiceH6963 of the Lord,H3068 nor walkedH1980(QalPerf) in his law,H8451 nor in his statutes,H2708 nor in his testimonies;H5715 therefore this evilH7451 is happenedH7122(QalPerf) unto you, as at this day.H3117 ^[24] Moreover JeremiahH3414 saidH559(QalImpf) unto all the people,H5971 and to all the women,H802 HearH8085(QalImpv) the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 all JudahH3063 that [are] in the landH776 of Egypt:H4714 ^[25] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 the GodH430 of Israel,H3478 saying;H559(QalInf) Ye and your wivesH802 have both spokenH1696(PielImpf) with your mouths,H6310 and fulfilledH4390(PielPerf) with your hand,H3027 saying,H559(QalInf) We will surelyH6213(QalInf) performH6213(QalImpf) our vowsH5088 that we have vowed,H5087(QalPerf) to burn incenseH6999(PielInf) to the queenH4446 of heaven,H8064 and to pour outH5258(HiphInf) drink offeringsH5262 unto her: ye will surelyH6965(HiphInf) accomplishH6965(HiphImpf) your vows,H5088 and surelyH6213(QalInf) performH6213(QalImpf) your vows.H5088 ^[26] Therefore hearH8085(QalImpv) ye the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 all JudahH3063 that dwellH3427(QalActPtc) in the landH776 of Egypt;H4714 Behold, I have swornH7650(NiphPerf) by my greatH1419 name,H8034 saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord,H3068 that my nameH8034 shall no more be namedH7121(NiphPtc) in the mouthH6310 of any manH376 of JudahH3063 in all the landH776 of Egypt,H4714 saying,H559(QalActPtc) The LordH136 GodH3069 liveth.H2416 ^[27] Behold, I will watchH8245(QalActPtc) over them for evil,H7451 and not for good:H2896 and all the menH376 of JudahH3063 that [are] in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 shall be consumedH8552(QalPerf) by the swordH2719 and by the famine,H7458 until there be an endH3615(QalInf) of them. ^[28] Yet a smallH4962 numberH4557 that escapeH6412 the swordH2719 shall return outH7725(QalImpf) of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 into the landH776 of Judah,H3063 and all the remnantH7611 of Judah,H3063 that are goneH935(QalActPtc) into the landH776 of EgyptH4714 to sojournH1481(QalInf) there, shall knowH3045(QalPerf) whose wordsH1697 shall stand,H6965(QalImpf) mine, or theirs. ^[29] And this [shall be] a signH226 unto you, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the Lord,H3068 that I will punishH6485(QalActPtc) you in this place,H4725 that ye may knowH3045(QalImpf) that my wordsH1697 shall surelyH6965(QalInf) standH6965(QalImpf) against you for evil:H7451 ^[30] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the Lord;H3068 Behold, I will giveH5414(QalActPtc) PharaohhophraH6548 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 into the handH3027 of his enemies,H341(QalActPtc) and into the handH3027 of them that seekH1245(PielPtc) his life;H5315 as I gaveH5414(QalPerf) ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of JudahH3063 into the handH3027 of NebuchadrezzarH5019 kingH4428 of Babylon,H894 his enemy,H341(QalActPtc) and that soughtH1245(PielPtc) his life.H5315

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