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24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt. 25 Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hand, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’

“Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows! 26 Yet hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who dwells in the land of Egypt: I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’ 27 I will watch over them for disaster and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine until there is an end of them. 28 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:25 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 44:25 Hebrew “mouth”
  3. Jeremiah 44:25 Hebrew “hand”
  4. Jeremiah 44:25 Literally “to say”
  5. Jeremiah 44:25 Hebrew “heaven”
  6. Jeremiah 44:26 Literally “To thus”
  7. Jeremiah 44:26 Literally “the life of Lord Yahweh”
  8. Jeremiah 44:27 Or “men”
  9. Jeremiah 44:28 Literally “males of number”