Jeremiah 44:2-7

2“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities. Look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them

3because of the evil they committed to anger me, by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your ancestors did not know.

4So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’

5But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

6So my fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

7“So now, this is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such terrible harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, infant and nursing baby from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.