²⁴ Then Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, “Hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt. ²⁵ Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,^[a] ‘You and your wives have promised with your mouths^[b] and with your hands^[c] you have fulfilled, saying,^[d] “We certainly will carry out our vows that we vowed, to make smoke offerings to the queen of the heavens,^[e] and to pour out to her libations.” You must certainly keep your vows and you must certainly carry out your vows.’ ²⁶ Therefore^[f] hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah, those who live in the land of Egypt: ‘Look, I hereby swear by my great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘surely my name will no longer be called in the mouth of any man of Judah, saying, “as the Lord Yahweh lives,”^[g] in all the land of Egypt. ²⁷ Look, I am going to watch over them for harm and not for good, and all people^[h] of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will perish by the sword and by the famine until their perishing. ²⁸ And the survivors of the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number.^[i] And all the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to dwell as aliens there will know whose word will endure, from me or from them.