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Conquest
of Egypt Predicted |
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| Jeremiah 44:1 |
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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 Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis,
and the land of Pathros, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 44:2 |
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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 ruins and no one lives
in them, |
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| Jeremiah 44:3 |
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because of their wickedness which they committed
so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrifices and to serve other
gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. |
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| Jeremiah 44:4 |
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'Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets,
again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate." |
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| Jeremiah 44:5 |
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'But they did not listen or incline their ears
to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods. |
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| Jeremiah 44:6 |
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'Therefore My wrath and My anger were poured
out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they
have become a ruin and a desolation as it is this day. |
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| Jeremiah 44:7 |
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'Now then thus says the LORD God of hosts, the
God of Israel, "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from
you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without
remnant, |
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| Jeremiah 44:8 |
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provoking Me to anger with the works of your
hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering
to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among
all the nations of the earth? |
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| Jeremiah 44:9 |
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"Have you forgotten the wickedness 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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| Jeremiah 44:10 |
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"But they have not become contrite even to this
day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set
before you and before your fathers."' |
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| Jeremiah 44:11 |
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"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel, 'Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe, even to
cut off all Judah. |
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| Jeremiah 44:12 |
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'And I will take away the remnant of Judah who
have set their mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will
all meet 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 curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.
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| Jeremiah 44:13 |
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'And I will punish 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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| Jeremiah 44:14 |
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'So there will be no 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 longing to return and live;
for none will return except a few refugees.'" |
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| Jeremiah 44:15 |
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Then all the men who were aware that their wives
were burning sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing
by, as a large assembly, including all the people who were living in Pathros in
the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 44:16 |
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"As for the message that you have spoken to
us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you! |
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| Jeremiah 44:17 |
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"But rather we will certainly carry out every
word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of
heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers,
our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem;
for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune. |
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| Jeremiah 44:18 |
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"But since we stopped burning sacrifices to
the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything
and have met our end by the sword and by famine." |
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| Jeremiah 44:19 |
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"And," said the women, "when we were burning
sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her,
was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes in her image
and poured out drink offerings to her?" |
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Calamity for the Jews |
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| Jeremiah 44:20 |
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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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| Jeremiah 44:21 |
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"As for the smoking sacrifices that you burned
in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers,
your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember
them and did not all this come into His mind? |
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| Jeremiah 44:22 |
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"So the LORD was no longer able to endure it,
because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have
committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse,
without an inhabitant, as it is this day. |
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| Jeremiah 44:23 |
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"Because you have burned sacrifices and have
sinned against the LORD and not obeyed the voice of the LORD or walked in His
law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this calamity has befallen you,
as it has this day." |
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| Jeremiah 44:24 |
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Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including
all the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt,
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| Jeremiah 44:25 |
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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 certainly perform our vows that we have vowed,
to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her."
Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!' |
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| Jeremiah 44:26 |
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"Nevertheless hear the word of the LORD, all
Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, 'Behold, I have sworn by My great name,'
says the LORD, 'never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of
Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the Lord GOD lives." |
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| Jeremiah 44:27 |
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'Behold, I am watching over them for harm and
not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet
their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone. |
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| Jeremiah 44:28 |
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'Those who escape the sword will return out
of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant
of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose word
will stand, Mine or theirs. |
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| Jeremiah 44:29 |
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'This will be the sign to you,' declares the
LORD, 'that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that
My words will surely stand against you for harm.' |
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| Jeremiah 44:30 |
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"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am going to
give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand
of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his
life.'" |
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