Jeremiah 44:1-5 ▼

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros:

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

3 because 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.

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

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