Jeremiah 44:3-8

New American Standard Bible

^3 (A)because of their wickedness which they committed to ^(B)provoke Me to anger by continuing to ^(C)burn ^[a]sacrifices and to ^(D)serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. ⁴ Yet I ^(E)sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this ^(F)abominable thing which I hate.” ⁵ But ^(G)they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn ^[b]sacrifices to other gods. ⁶ Therefore My ^(H)wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the ^(I)cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a ^(J)desolation as it is this day. ⁷ Now then, this is what the Lord God of armies, the God of Israel says: “Why are you ^(K)doing great harm to yourselves, to ^(L)eliminate from yourselves man and woman, child and infant from among Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant, ^8 (M)provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, ^(N)burning ^[c]sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt where you are entering to reside, so that you may be eliminated and become a ^(O)curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth?