Jeremiah 44:1-14

1The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in 1Migdol, 2Tahpanhes, 3Memphis, and the land of 4Pathros, saying, 2“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 5ruins and no one lives in them, 36because of their wickedness which they committed so as to 7provoke Me to anger by continuing to 8burn 9sacrifices and to 10serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. 4Yet I 11sent you all My servants the prophets, 12again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this 13abominable thing which I hate.” 5But 14they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn 15sacrifices to other gods. 6Therefore My 16wrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the 17cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a 18desolation as it is this day. 7Now then thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you 19doing great harm to yourselves, so as to 20cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant, 821provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, 22burning 23sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a 24curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9Have you forgotten the 25wickedness 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? 10But they 26have not become 27contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor 28walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.”’

11“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to 29set My face against you for 30woe, even to cut off all Judah. 12And I will 31take away the remnant of Judah who have set their 32mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all 3334meet 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 35curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach. 13And I will 36punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence. 14So there will be 37no 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 3839longing to return and live; for none will 40return except a few refugees.’”