Jeremiah 44:1-7

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“This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘You yourselves have seen all the disaster 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 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 again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this 12abominable thing which I hate.”

5But 13they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn 14sacrifices to other gods.

6Therefore My 15wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the 16cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a 17desolation as it is this day.

7Now then, this is what the Lord God of armies, the God of Israel says: “Why are you 18doing great harm to yourselves, to 19eliminate from yourselves man and woman, child and infant from among Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant,