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God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will set My face against LORD or walked in His law, in His statutes or in
you for catastrophe and for cutting off all Judah. His testimonies, therefore this calamity has
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah who have happened to you, as at this day.”
set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to 24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people
dwell there, and they shall all be consumed and and to all the women, “Hear the word of the
fall in the land of Egypt. They shall be con- LORD, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt!
sumed by the sword and by famine. They shall 25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword saying: ‘You and your wives have spoken with
and by famine; and they shall be an oath, an your mouths and fulfilled with your hands, say-
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astonishment, a curse and a reproach! For I ing, “We will surely keep our vows that we have
will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven
as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by and pour out drink offerings to her.” You will
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famine, and by pestilence, so that none of the surely keep your vows and perform your
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remnant of Judah who have gone into the land vows!’ Therefore hear the word of the LORD,
of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Be-
lest they return to the land of Judah, to which hold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the
they desire to return and dwell. For none shall LORD, ‘that My name shall no more be named
return except those who escape.’ ” in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land
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Then all the men who knew that their wives
15 of Egypt, saying, “The Lord GOD lives.” Be-
had burned incense to other gods, with all the hold, I will watch over them for adversity and
women who stood by, a great multitude, and all not for good. And all the men of Judah who are
the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
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Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying: “As for sword and by famine, until there is an end to
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the word that you have spoken to us in the them. Yet a small number who escape the
name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! But sword shall return from the land of Egypt to
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we will certainly do whatever has gone out of the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah,
our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell
heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as there, shall know whose words will stand,
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we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and Mine or theirs. And this shall be a sign to you,’
our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the says the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this
streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of place, that you may know that My words will
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food, were well-off, and saw no trouble. But surely stand against you for adversity.’
30 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will give
since we stopped burning incense to the queen
of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand
her, we have lacked everything and have been of his enemies and into the hand of those who
consumed by the sword and by famine.” seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah
19 into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of
The women also said, “And when we
burned incense to the queen of heaven and Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.’ ”
poured out drink offerings to her, did we Psalm 119:97–104
make cakes for her, to worship her, and pour
out drink offerings to her without our hus- N MEM
bands’ permission?” 97 Oh, how I love Your law!
Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people—
20 It is my meditation all the day.
the men, the women, and all the people who 98 You, through Your commandments,
had given him that answer—saying: “The make me wiser than my enemies;
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incense that you burned in the cities of Judah For they are ever with me.
and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your 99 I have more understanding than all my
fathers, your kings and your princes, and the teachers,
people of the land, did not the LORD remember For Your testimonies are my
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them, and did it not come into His mind? So meditation.
the LORD could no longer bear it, because of 100 I understand more than the
the evil of your doings and because of the ancients,
abominations which you committed. Because I keep Your precepts.
Therefore your land is a desolation, an aston- 101 I have restrained my feet from every
ishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as evil way,
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it is this day. Because you have burned That I may keep Your word.
incense and because you have sinned against 102 I have not departed from Your
the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the judgments,
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