Verse 1
Jeremiah 44:1
New Living Translation
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This is the message Jeremiah received concerning the Judeans living in northern Egypt in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in southern Egypt as well:
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶ֚ל כָּל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֔ים הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַ/יֹּשְׁבִ֤ים בְּ/מִגְדֹּל֙ וּ/בְ/תַחְפַּנְחֵ֣ס וּ/בְ/נֹ֔ף וּ/בְ/אֶ֥רֶץ פַּתְר֖וֹס לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
The word that came to Jeremiah to all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell in Migdol and in Tahpanhes and in Noph and in the land of Pathros, saying
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Chapter 44 Context
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This is the message Jeremiah received concerning the Judeans living in northern Egypt in the cities...
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“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: You saw the calamity I...
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They provoked my anger with all their wickedness. They burned incense and worshiped other gods — god...
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“Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible thin...
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But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to...
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And so my fury boiled over and fell like fire on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusale...
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“And now the LORD God (Elohim) of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, asks you: Why are you...
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Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only dest...
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Have you forgotten the sins of your ancestors, the sins of the kings and queens of Judah, and the si...
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To this very hour you have shown no remorse or reverence. No one has chosen to follow my word and th...
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“Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I am determi...
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I will take this remnant of Judah — those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt — and I...
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I will punish them in Egypt just as I punished them in Jerusalem, by war, famine, and disease.
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Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Ev...
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Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols — a...
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“We will not listen to your messages from the LORD!
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We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heav...
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But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid...
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“Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offe...
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Then Jeremiah said to all of them, men and women alike, who had given him that answer,
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“Do you think the LORD did not know that you and your ancestors, your kings and officials, and all t...
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It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made y...
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All these terrible things happened to you because you have burned incense to idols and sinned agains...
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Then Jeremiah said to them all, including the women, “Listen to this message from the LORD, all you...
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This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have...
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“But listen to this message from the LORD, all you Judeans now living in Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my...
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For I will watch over you to bring you disaster and not good. Everyone from Judah who is now living...
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Only a small number will escape death and return to Judah from Egypt. Then all those who came to Egy...
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“‘And this is the proof I give you,’ says the LORD, ‘that all I have threatened will happen to you a...
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This is what the LORD says: ‘I will turn Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want...
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