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The word[H1697] that came to Jeremiah[H3414] concerning all the Jews[H3064] which dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], which dwell[H3427] at Migdol[H4024], and at Tahpanhes[H8471], and at Noph[H5297], and in the country[H776] of Pathros[H6624], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Ye have seen[H7200] all the evil[H7451] that I have brought[H935] upon Jerusalem[H3389], and upon all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063]; and, behold, this day[H3117] they are a desolation[H2723], and no man dwelleth[H3427] therein,
3Because[H6440] of their wickedness[H7451] which they have committed[H6213] to provoke me to anger[H3707], in that they went[H3212] to burn incense[H6999], and to serve[H5647]other[H312]gods[H430], whom they knew[H3045] not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers[H1].
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Howbeit I sent[H7971] unto you all my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], rising early[H7925] and sending[H7971] them, saying[H559], Oh, do[H6213] not this abominable[H8441]thing[H1697] that I hate[H8130].
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But they hearkened[H8085] not, nor inclined[H5186] their ear[H241] to turn[H7725] from their wickedness[H7451], to burn no incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430].
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Wherefore my fury[H2534] and mine anger[H639] was poured forth[H5413], and was kindled[H1197] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389]; and they are wasted[H2723] and desolate[H8077], as at this day[H3117].
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Therefore now thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Wherefore commit[H6213] ye this great[H1419]evil[H7451] against your souls[H5315], to cut off[H3772] from you man[H376] and woman[H802], child[H5768] and suckling[H3243], out[H8432] of Judah[H3063], to leave[H3498] you none to remain[H7611];
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In that ye provoke me unto wrath[H3707] with the works[H4639] of your hands[H3027], burning incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], whither ye be gone[H935] to dwell[H1481], that ye might cut yourselves off[H3772], and that ye might be a curse[H7045] and a reproach[H2781] among all the nations[H1471] of the earth?[H776]
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Have ye forgotten[H7911] the wickedness[H7451] of your fathers[H1], and the wickedness[H7451] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and the wickedness[H7451] of their wives[H802], and your own wickedness[H7451], and the wickedness[H7451] of your wives[H802], which they have committed[H6213] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem?[H3389]
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They are not humbled[H1792] even unto this day[H3117], neither have they feared[H3372], nor walked[H1980] in my law[H8451], nor in my statutes[H2708], that I set[H5414]before[H6440] you and before[H6440] your fathers[H1].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will set[H7760] my face[H6440] against you for evil[H7451], and to cut off[H3772] all Judah[H3063].
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And I will take[H3947] the remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063], that have set[H7760] their faces[H6440] to go[H935] into the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] to sojourn[H1481] there, and they shall all be consumed[H8552], and fall[H5307] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]; they shall even be consumed[H8552] by the sword[H2719] and by the famine[H7458]: they shall die[H4191], from the least[H6996] even unto the greatest[H1419], by the sword[H2719] and by the famine[H7458]: and they shall be an execration[H423], and an astonishment[H8047], and a curse[H7045], and a reproach[H2781].
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For I will punish[H6485] them that dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], as I have punished[H6485]Jerusalem[H3389], by the sword[H2719], by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698]:
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So that none of the remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063], which are gone[H935] into the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] to sojourn[H1481] there, shall escape[H6412] or remain[H8300], that they should return[H7725] into the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], to the which they have[H5375] a desire[H5315] to return[H7725] to dwell[H3427] there: for none shall return[H7725] but such as shall escape[H6405].
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Then all the men[H582] which knew[H3045] that their wives[H802] had burned incense[H6999] unto other[H312]gods[H430], and all the women[H802] that stood by[H5975], a great[H1419]multitude[H6951], even all the people[H5971] that dwelt[H3427] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], in Pathros[H6624], answered[H6030]Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
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As for the word[H1697] that thou hast spoken[H1696] unto us in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], we will not hearken[H8085] unto thee.
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But we will certainly[H6213]do[H6213] whatsoever thing[H1697] goeth forth[H3318]out[H5258] of our own mouth[H6310], to burn incense[H6999] unto the queen[H4446] of heaven[H8064], and to pour out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto her, as we have done[H6213], we, and our fathers[H1], our kings[H4428], and our princes[H8269], in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389]: for then had we plenty[H7646] of victuals[H3899], and were well[H2896], and saw[H7200] no evil[H7451].
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But since we left off[H2308] to burn incense[H6999] to the queen[H4446] of heaven[H8064], and to pour out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto her, we have wanted[H2637] all things, and have been consumed[H8552] by the sword[H2719] and by the famine[H7458].
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And when we burned incense[H6999] to the queen[H4446] of heaven[H8064], and poured out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto her, did we make[H6213] her cakes[H3561] to worship[H6087] her, and pour out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto her, without[H1107] our men?[H582]
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Then Jeremiah[H3414]said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], to the men[H1397], and to the women[H802], and to all the people[H5971] which had given him that answer[H1697], saying[H559],
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The incense[H7002] that ye burned[H6999] in the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and in the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389], ye, and your fathers[H1], your kings[H4428], and your princes[H8269], and the people[H5971] of the land[H776], did not the LORD[H3068]remember[H2142] them, and came[H5927] it not into his mind?[H3820]
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So that the LORD[H3068]could[H3201] no longer bear[H5375], because[H6440] of the evil[H7455] of your doings[H4611], and because[H6440] of the abominations[H8441] which ye have committed[H6213]; therefore is your land[H776] a desolation[H2723], and an astonishment[H8047], and a curse[H7045], without an inhabitant[H3427], as at this day[H3117].
23Because[H6440] ye have burned incense[H6999], and because[H834] ye have sinned[H2398] against the LORD[H3068], and have not obeyed[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068], nor walked[H1980] in his law[H8451], nor in his statutes[H2708], nor in his testimonies[H5715]; therefore this evil[H7451] is happened[H7122] unto you, as at this day[H3117].
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Moreover Jeremiah[H3414]said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], and to all the women[H802], Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], all Judah[H3063] that are in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559]; Ye and your wives[H802] have both spoken[H1696] with your mouths[H6310], and fulfilled[H4390] with your hand[H3027], saying[H559], We will surely[H6213]perform[H6213] our vows[H5088] that we have vowed[H5087], to burn incense[H6999] to the queen[H4446] of heaven[H8064], and to pour out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto her: ye will surely[H6965]accomplish[H6965] your vows[H5088], and surely[H6965]perform[H6213] your vows[H5088].
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Therefore hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], all Judah[H3063] that dwell[H3427] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]; Behold, I have sworn[H7650] by my great[H1419]name[H8034], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], that my name[H8034] shall no more be named[H7121] in the mouth[H6310] of any man[H376] of Judah[H3063] in all the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], saying[H559], The Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]liveth[H2416].
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Behold, I will watch[H8245] over them for evil[H7451], and not for good[H2896]: and all the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] that are in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] shall be consumed[H8552] by the sword[H2719] and by the famine[H7458], until there be an end[H3615] of them.
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Yet a small[H4962]number[H4557] that escape[H6412] the sword[H2719] shall return out[H7725] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] into the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], and all the remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063], that are gone[H935] into the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] to sojourn[H1481] there, shall know[H3045] whose words[H1697] shall stand[H6965], mine, or theirs.
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And this shall be a sign[H226] unto you, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that I will punish[H6485] you in this place[H4725], that ye may know[H3045] that my words[H1697] shall surely[H6965]stand[H6965] against you for evil[H7451]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, I will give[H5414]Pharaohhophra[H6548]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] into the hand[H3027] of his enemies[H341], and into the hand[H3027] of them that seek[H1245] his life[H5315]; as I gave[H5414]Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], his enemy[H341], and that sought[H1245] his life[H5315].