1   The worde that came to Ieremiah concerning all the Iewes, which dwell in the lande of Egypt, and remained at Migdol and at ^note Tahpanhes, & at Noph, & in the co&ubar;try of Pathros, saying,

2   Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Yee haue seene all the euill that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem, and vpon all the cities of Iudah: and beholde, this day they are desolate, and no man dwelleth therein,

3   Because of their wickednes which they haue c&obar;mitted, to prouoke me to anger in þt; they went to burne incense, & to serue other gods, wh&obar; they knew not, neither they nor you nor your fathers.

4   Howbeit I sent vnto you all my seru&abar;ts the Prophets ^note rising earely, and sending them, saying, Oh doe not this abominable thing that I hate.

5   But they would not heare nor incline their eare to turne from their wickednes, and to burne no more incense vnto other gods.

6   Wherefore ^note my wrath, & mine anger was powred foorth and was kindled in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, and they are To learne by others example. desolate, and wasted, as appeareth this day.

7   Therefore now thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Wherfore commit ye this great euill against your soules, to cut off from you man and woman, childe and suckling out of Iudah, and leaue you none to remaine?

8   In that yee prouoke mee vnto wrath with the woorkes of your hands, burning incense vnto other Gods in the lande of Egypt whither yee be gone to dwell: that yee might bring destruction vnto your selues, and that ye might be a curse and a reproch among all nations of the earth.

9   Haue yee forgotten the wickednes of your fathers, and the wickednesse of the ^note Kings of Iudah and the wickednesse of their wiues and your owne wickednes & the wickednes of your wiues, which they haue committed in the land of Iudah and in the streetes of Ierusalem?

10   They are not ^note humbled vnto this day, neither haue they feared nor walked in my lawe nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

11   Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel, Beholde, I will set my face against you ^note to euill and to destroy all Iudah,

12   And I will take the remnant of Iudah, that ^note haue set their faces to goe into the lande of Egypt there to dwell, and they shall all bee consumed and fall in the lande of Egypt: they shall euen bee consumed by the sworde and by the famine: they shall die from the least vnto the most, by the sworde, and by the famine, and they shall be a detestation and an astonishment and a ^note curse and a reproche.

13   For I will visite them that dwel in the land of Egypt, as I haue visited Ierusalem, by þe; sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence,

14   So þt; none of the remnant of Iudah, which are gone into the lande of Egypt to dwell there, shall escape or remaine, that they shoulde returne into the land of Iudah to the which they ^note haue a desire to returne to dwell there: for none shall returne, but ^note such as shall escape.

15   Then all the men which knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other gods and all the wom&ebar; that stoode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the lande of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying,

16   The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde, wee will ^note not heare it of thee,

17   But wee will doe whatsoeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth, as to burne incense vnto ^note the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, as we haue done, both we & our fathers, our Kings and our princes in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem: for then ^note had wee ^note plentie of vitailes and were well and ^note felt none euill.

18   But since wee left off to burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings vnto her, we haue had ^note scarcenesse of all things, and haue beene consumed by the sworde and by the famine.

19   And when we burnt incense to þe; Queene of heauen, and powred out drinke offerings vnto

Destruction threatned for idolatrie. her, did wee make her cakes ^note to make her glad, and powre out drinke offerings vnto her without ^note our husbands?

20   Then said Ieremiah vnto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had giuen him that answere, saying,

21   Did not the Lorde remember the incense, that yee burnt in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, both you, and your fathers, your Kinges, and your princes, and the people of the land, and ^note hath he not considered it?

22   So that the Lord could no longer forbeare, because of the wickednes of your inuentions, and because of the abominations, which ye haue committed: therefore is your lande desolate and an astonishment, and a curse and without inhabitant, as appeareth this day.

23   Because ye haue burnt incense and because ye haue sinned against the Lorde, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, nor walked in his Lawe, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies, therefore this plague is come vpon you, as appeareth this day.

24   Moreouer Ieremiah saide vnto all the people and to all the women, Heare the word of the Lord, all Iudah that are in the land of Egypt.

25   ¶2; Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye & your wiues haue both spoken with your mouthes, and fulfilled with your ^note hande, saying, We will performe our vowes that we haue vowed to burne incense to the Queene of heauen, and to powre out drinke offerings to her: yee will perfourme your vowes and doe the things that yee haue vowed.

26   Therefore heare the word of the Lorde, all Iudah that dwel in the land of Egypt. Beholde, I haue sworne by my great Name, sayeth the Lord, that my Name ^note shall no more be called vpon by the mouth of any man of Iudah, in all the lande of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liueth.

27   Behold, I wil watch ouer them for euil and not for good, and all men of Iudah that are in the land of Egypt, shalbe consumed by the sword, and by the famine, vntill they be vtterly destroied.

28   Yet a small nomber that escape the sworde, ^note shall returne out of the lande of Egypt into the lande of Iudah: and all the remnant of Iudah that are gone into the lande of Egypt to dwell there, shal know whose words shall st&abar;d, mine or theirs.

29   And this shal be a signe vnto you, saith the Lord, wh&ebar; I visit you in this place, þt; ye may know þt; my words shal surely stand against you for euill.

30   Thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will ^note giue Pharaoh Hophra King of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seeke his life: as I gaue Zedekiah King of Iudah into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel his enemie, who also sought his life.

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