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of Iudah: and beholde, this day they are desolate, land of Iudah to the which they haue a desire to
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and no man dwelleth therein, Because of their returnetodwellthere: fornoneshallreturne, but
wickednes which they haue comitted, to prouoke such as shall escape. 15 Then all the men which
me to anger in that they went to burne incense, knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto
and to serue other gods, who they knew not, other gods and all the women that stoode by, a
neither they nor you nor your fathers. Howbeit great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in
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I sent vnto you all my seruats the Prophets rising thelandeofEgyptinPathros, answeredIeremiah,
earely, and sending them, saying, Oh doe not this saying, 16 The worde that thou hast spoken vnto
abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they would vs in the Name of the Lord, wee will not heare it of
not heare nor incline their eare to turne from thee, 17 But wee will doe whatsoeuer thing goeth
their wickednes, and to burne no more incense out of our owne mouth, as to burne incense vnto
vnto other gods. 6 Wherefore my wrath, and the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke
mine anger was powred foorth and was kindled offerings vnto her, as we haue done, both we
in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of and our fathers, our Kings and our princes in the
Ierusalem, and they are desolate, and wasted, as cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem:
appeareth this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith for then had wee plentie of vitailes and were well
the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Wherfore and felt none euill. 18 But since wee left off to
commit ye this great euill against your soules, burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to
to cut off from you man and woman, childe powre out drinke offerings vnto her, we haue
and suckling out of Iudah, and leaue you none had scarcenesse of all things, and haue beene
to remaine? 8 In that yee prouoke mee vnto consumed by the sworde and by the famine.
wrath with the woorkes of your hands, burning 19 And when we burnt incense to ye Queene of
incense vnto other Gods in the lande of Egypt heauen, and powred out drinke offerings vnto
whither yee be gone to dwell: that yee might her, did wee make her cakes to make her glad,
bring destruction vnto your selues, and that ye and powre out drinke offerings vnto her without
might be a curse and a reproch among all nations our husbands? 20 Then said Ieremiah vnto all the
of the earth. Haue yee forgotten the wickednes people, to the men, and to the women, and to all
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the people which had giuen him that answere,
of your fathers, and the wickednesse of the Kings saying, 21 Did not the Lord remember the incense,
of Iudah and the wickednesse of their wiues and
your owne wickednes and the wickednes of your that yee burnt in the cities of Iudah, and in the
wiues, which they haue committed in the land of streetes of Ierusalem, both you, and your fathers,
Iudah and in the streetes of Ierusalem? 10 They your Kinges, and your princes, and the people of
are not humbled vnto this day, neither haue they the land, and hath he not considered it? 22 So
that the Lord could no longer forbeare, because
feared nor walked in my lawe nor in my statutes, of the wickednes of your inuentions, and because
that I set before you and before your fathers. of the abominations, which ye haue committed:
11 Therefore thus sayeth the Lord of hostes the therefore is your lande desolate and an aston-
God of Israel, Beholde, I will set my face against ishment, and a curse and without inhabitant, as
you to euill and to destroy all Iudah, 12 And I will appeareth this day. 23 Because ye haue burnt
take the remnant of Iudah, that haue set their incense and because ye haue sinned against the
faces to goe into the lande of Egypt there to dwell, Lord, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord,
and they shall all bee consumed and fall in the
lande of Egypt: they shall euen bee consumed by nor walked in his Lawe, nor in his statutes, nor
in his testimonies, therefore this plague is come
the sworde and by the famine: they shall die from vpon you, as appeareth this day. 24 Moreouer
the least vnto the most, by the sworde, and by Ieremiah saide vnto all the people and to all the
the famine, and they shall be a detestation and an women, Heare the word of the Lord, all Iudah that
astonishment and a curse and a reproche. 13 For are in the land of Egypt. 25 Thus speaketh the
I will visite them that dwel in the land of Egypt, Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and
as I haue visited Ierusalem, by ye sworde, by the your wiues haue both spoken with your mouthes,
famine, and by the pestilence, 14 So that none and fulfilled with your hande, saying, We will
of the remnant of Iudah, which are gone into performe our vowes that we haue vowed to burne
the lande of Egypt to dwell there, shall escape incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre
or remaine, that they shoulde returne into the out drinke offerings to her: yee will perfourme