Jeremiah 44:1-6 ▼

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, those dwelling in Migdol, and in Tahpanhes, and in Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, saying,

2 “Thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: You? have seen all the disaster that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah. And behold, they are a desolation this day, and no one is dwelling in them.

3 Because of their evil that they have done, provoking Me to anger by going to burn incense to serve other gods whom they had not known—they, you?, and your? fathers.

4 And I sent to you? all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: ‘I implore you, do not do the thing of this abhorrence that I hate!’

5 And they did not listen and they did not stretch out their ear to turn back from their evil, so as not to burn incense other to gods.

6 My fury and My anger was poured out, and it burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became as a ruin and as a desolation, as this day.