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Jer 44:2	Strong Concordance	Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Ye have seen [07200] all the evil [07451] that I have brought [0935] upon Jerusalem [03389], and upon all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]; and, behold, this day [03117] they are a desolation [02723], and no man dwelleth [03427] therein,
	King James	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
evil . . . upon Jerusalem--If I spared not My own sacred city, much less shall ye be safe in Egypt, which I loathe.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

evil . . . upon Jerusalem--If I spared not My own sacred city, much less shall ye be safe in Egypt, which I loathe.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The warning and threatening. - "Thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye yourselves have been all the evil which I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and, behold, they are a desolation this day, and there is no inhabitant in them; Jer 44:3. Because of their wickedness which they have done, by provoking me through going to burn incense, (and) to serve other gods whom they knew not, (neither) they (nor) ye, nor your fathers. Jer 44:4. And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending (them), to say, Do not this abominable thing which I hate. Jer 44:5. But they did not hear, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, by not burning incense to other gods. Jer 44:6. Therefore my wrath and mine anger poured itself out, and burned up the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem; so that they have become a desolation and a waste, as at this day. Jer 44:7. Now therefore thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do ye great evil against your souls, by cutting off from yourselves man and women, child and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, so leaving no remnant for yourselves; Jer 44:8. Through provoking me by the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye have gone to sojourn, that ye might bring destruction on yourselves, and that ye might become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? Jer 44:9. Have ye forgotten the evil deeds of your fathers, and the evil deeds of the kings of Judah, and the evil deeds of their wives, and your own evil deeds, and the evil deeds of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem? Jer 44:10. They have not been contrite to this day, and are not afraid, nor do they walk in my law, and in my statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers. Jer 44:11. Therefore thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. Jer 44:12. And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go to the land of Egypt in order to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall, by sword and famine shall they be consumed; small and great, by sword and famine shall they die, and they shall become an execration and an astonishment, and a curse and a reproach. Jer 44:13. And I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I punished Jerusalem, by sword, and famine, and pestilence. Jer 44:14. There shall not be one escaped or left to the remnant of Judah that came to sojourn there in the land of Egypt, so as to return to the land of Judah, whither they long to return and dwell; for they shall not return except as escaped ones." Jer 44:2-6 In order to make an impression on the people by his warning against idolatry, Jeremiah begins his address with a reference to the great calamity which the fathers have brought on the kingdom of Judah through their continued idolatry (Jer 44:2-6). "Ye have seen all the evil," etc.; all the cities are laid waste and depopulated, because their inhabitants have roused the anger of the Lord, and have not let themselves be dissuaded by the admonitions of the prophets whom God has sent. "This day," i.e., now, at present. On Jer 44:3, cf. Jer 11:17; Jer 19:4; Jer 32:32, etc.; and as to the meaning of קטּר, see on Jer 1:16. In Jer 44:3 the address becomes more direct, through the change into the second person, "ye;" the audience then present only continue these sins of their fathers. On Jer 44:4, cf. Jer 7:25; Jer 25:4, etc. דּבר התּעבה הזּאת, "the thing of this abomination," which is equivalent to "this abominable idolatry." דּבר serves to render the subject more prominent, as in Jdg 19:24. On Jer 44:6, cf. Jer 42:18; Jer 7:20. The wrath of God burned in the cities, for the fire of destruction was a manifestation of the divine wrath. As to כּיום הזּה, see on Jer 11:5. Jer 44:7-14 In Jer 44:7-10 follows the application of what has been said to those present, who are asked how they come to continue in the old sins, to their own destruction, "doing evil in regard to your souls," i.e., for the injury, destruction of your souls, yourself; cf. Jer 26:19, where על־נ' stands for אל־נ'. This is immediately afterwards more exactly specified by 'להכרית וגו, to exterminate the whole of you, without an exception. As to the enumeration "man and woman," etc., cf. Sa1 15:3; Sa1 22:19. The infs. להכעיסני and לקטּר are used as gerundives: "inasmuch as (through this that) ye provoke me." For the expression "the works of your hands," see on Jer 1:16. In Jer 44:8, an object must be supplied from Jer 44:7 for the expression למען הכרית לכם; for, to take לכם (with Hitzig) in a reflexive sense is a very harsh construction. On 'לקללה וגו, cf. Jer 42:18; Jer 26:6. The answer to the question now asked follows in Jer 44:9 and Jer 44:10, in the form of the further question, whether they have forgotten those former sins, and that these sins have been the cause of the evil which has befallen the land. The interrogation expresses the reproach that they have been able to forget both, as is evidenced by their continuance in sin. In Jer 44:9, the expression "the evil deeds of his wives" (נשׁיו) is remarkable. Hitzig and Ngelsbach, following Kimchi, refer the suffix to the kings, since there was always but one king at a time. But this is an unnatural explanation; the suffix refers to Judah as a nation, and is used in order to comprehend the wives of the fathers and of the kings together. It is quite arbitrary in Ewald and Graf to change נשׁיו to שׂריו, following the lxx τῶν ἀρχόντων ὑμῶν; for these translators have mutilated the text by the omission of the following ואת רעתיכם. רעות נשׁיו is not merely conserved, but even required, by ואת רעת נשׁיכם. But the prophet gives special prominence to the evil deeds of the wives, since it was they who were most zealous in worshipping the queen of heaven; cf. Jer 44:15 and Jer 44:19. לא דכּאוּ, "they have not been crushed," viz., by repentance and sorrow for these sins. The transition to the third person is not merely accounted for by the fact that the subject treated of is the sins of the fathers and of the present generation, - for, as is shown by the expression "till this day," the prophet has chiefly his own contemporaries in view; but he speaks of these in the third person, to signify the indignation with which he turns away from men so difficult to reform. On the expression, "they had not walked in my law," cf. Jer 26:4; Jer 9:12. For this the Lord will punish them severely, Jer 44:11-14. All those who have fled to Egypt, with the intention of remaining there, will be quite exterminated. On "Behold, I will set my face," etc., cf. Jer 21:10. "For evil" is more exactly defined by "to cut off all Judah," i.e., those of Judah who are in Egypt, not those who are in Babylon. This limitation of the words "all Judah" is necessarily required by the context, and is plainly expressed in Jer 44:12, where "Judah" is specified as "the remnant of Judah that were determined to go to Egypt." לקחתּי has the meaning of taking away, as in Jer 15:15. ותמּוּ are to be taken by themselves; and בּארץ מצרים, as is shown by the accents, is to be attached to what follows, on which, too, the emphasis is placed; in like manner, 'בּחרב are to be attached to the succeeding verb. The arrangement of the words, like the accumulation of sentences all expressing the same meaning, reveals the spirit of the address in which God vents His wrath. On "they shall become an execration," etc., see Jer 42:18. In Jer 44:13, Jer 44:14, the threatened extermination is further set forth. Those who dwelling Egypt shall be punished with sword, famine, and plague, like Jerusalem. The inhabitants of Egypt generally are meant; and by the judgment which is to fall on that country, the remnant of Judah there shall be so completely destroyed, that none shall escape. The leading member of the sentence is continued by ולשׁוּב, "and that they should return to the land of Judah, after which their soul longs, that they may live there." A reason is further assigned, and with this the address, reduced within becoming limits, concludes: "for there shall return none except (כּי אם) fugitives," i.e., except a few individual fugitives who shall come back. This last clause shows that we are not to understand the declaration "none shall escape" in the strictest meaning of the words. Those who escape and return to Judah shall be so few, in comparison with those who shall perish in Egypt, as to be quite inconsiderable. Cf. the like instance of a seeming contradiction in Jer 44:27, Jer 44:28. On נשּׂא את־נפשׁם, cf. Jer 22:27.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The warning and threatening. - "Thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye yourselves have been all the evil which I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and, behold, they are a desolation this day, and there is no inhabitant in them; Jer 44:3. Because of their wickedness which they have done, by provoking me through going to burn incense, (and) to serve other gods whom they knew not, (neither) they (nor) ye, nor your fathers. Jer 44:4. And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending (them), to say, Do not this abominable thing which I hate. Jer 44:5. But they did not hear, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, by not burning incense to other gods. Jer 44:6. Therefore my wrath and mine anger poured itself out, and burned up the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem; so that they have become a desolation and a waste, as at this day. Jer 44:7. Now therefore thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do ye great evil against your souls, by cutting off from yourselves man and women, child and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, so leaving no remnant for yourselves; Jer 44:8. Through provoking me by the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye have gone to sojourn, that ye might bring destruction on yourselves, and that ye might become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? Jer 44:9. Have ye forgotten the evil deeds of your fathers, and the evil deeds of the kings of Judah, and the evil deeds of their wives, and your own evil deeds, and the evil deeds of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem? Jer 44:10. They have not been contrite to this day, and are not afraid, nor do they walk in my law, and in my statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers. Jer 44:11. Therefore thus saith Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. Jer 44:12. And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go to the land of Egypt in order to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall, by sword and famine shall they be consumed; small and great, by sword and famine shall they die, and they shall become an execration and an astonishment, and a curse and a reproach. Jer 44:13. And I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I punished Jerusalem, by sword, and famine, and pestilence. Jer 44:14. There shall not be one escaped or left to the remnant of Judah that came to sojourn there in the land of Egypt, so as to return to the land of Judah, whither they long to return and dwell; for they shall not return except as escaped ones."

Jer 44:2-6

In order to make an impression on the people by his warning against idolatry, Jeremiah begins his address with a reference to the great calamity which the fathers have brought on the kingdom of Judah through their continued idolatry (Jer 44:2-6). "Ye have seen all the evil," etc.; all the cities are laid waste and depopulated, because their inhabitants have roused the anger of the Lord, and have not let themselves be dissuaded by the admonitions of the prophets whom God has sent. "This day," i.e., now, at present. On Jer 44:3, cf. Jer 11:17; Jer 19:4; Jer 32:32, etc.; and as to the meaning of קטּר, see on Jer 1:16. In Jer 44:3 the address becomes more direct, through the change into the second person, "ye;" the audience then present only continue these sins of their fathers. On Jer 44:4, cf. Jer 7:25; Jer 25:4, etc. דּבר התּעבה הזּאת, "the thing of this abomination," which is equivalent to "this abominable idolatry." דּבר serves to render the subject more prominent, as in Jdg 19:24. On Jer 44:6, cf. Jer 42:18; Jer 7:20. The wrath of God burned in the cities, for the fire of destruction was a manifestation of the divine wrath. As to כּיום הזּה, see on Jer 11:5.

Jer 44:7-14

In Jer 44:7-10 follows the application of what has been said to those present, who are asked how they come to continue in the old sins, to their own destruction, "doing evil in regard to your souls," i.e., for the injury, destruction of your souls, yourself; cf. Jer 26:19, where על־נ' stands for אל־נ'. This is immediately afterwards more exactly specified by 'להכרית וגו, to exterminate the whole of you, without an exception. As to the enumeration "man and woman," etc., cf. Sa1 15:3; Sa1 22:19. The infs. להכעיסני and לקטּר are used as gerundives: "inasmuch as (through this that) ye provoke me." For the expression "the works of your hands," see on Jer 1:16. In Jer 44:8, an object must be supplied from Jer 44:7 for the expression למען הכרית לכם; for, to take לכם (with Hitzig) in a reflexive sense is a very harsh construction. On 'לקללה וגו, cf. Jer 42:18; Jer 26:6. The answer to the question now asked follows in Jer 44:9 and Jer 44:10, in the form of the further question, whether they have forgotten those former sins, and that these sins have been the cause of the evil which has befallen the land. The interrogation expresses the reproach that they have been able to forget both, as is evidenced by their continuance in sin. In Jer 44:9, the expression "the evil deeds of his wives" (נשׁיו) is remarkable. Hitzig and Ngelsbach, following Kimchi, refer the suffix to the kings, since there was always but one king at a time. But this is an unnatural explanation; the suffix refers to Judah as a nation, and is used in order to comprehend the wives of the fathers and of the kings together. It is quite arbitrary in Ewald and Graf to change נשׁיו to שׂריו, following the lxx τῶν ἀρχόντων ὑμῶν; for these translators have mutilated the text by the omission of the following ואת רעתיכם. רעות נשׁיו is not merely conserved, but even required, by ואת רעת נשׁיכם. But the prophet gives special prominence to the evil deeds of the wives, since it was they who were most zealous in worshipping the queen of heaven; cf. Jer 44:15 and Jer 44:19. לא דכּאוּ, "they have not been crushed," viz., by repentance and sorrow for these sins. The transition to the third person is not merely accounted for by the fact that the subject treated of is the sins of the fathers and of the present generation, - for, as is shown by the expression "till this day," the prophet has chiefly his own contemporaries in view; but he speaks of these in the third person, to signify the indignation with which he turns away from men so difficult to reform. On the expression, "they had not walked in my law," cf. Jer 26:4; Jer 9:12. For this the Lord will punish them severely, Jer 44:11-14. All those who have fled to Egypt, with the intention of remaining there, will be quite exterminated. On "Behold, I will set my face," etc., cf. Jer 21:10. "For evil" is more exactly defined by "to cut off all Judah," i.e., those of Judah who are in Egypt, not those who are in Babylon. This limitation of the words "all Judah" is necessarily required by the context, and is plainly expressed in Jer 44:12, where "Judah" is specified as "the remnant of Judah that were determined to go to Egypt." לקחתּי has the meaning of taking away, as in Jer 15:15. ותמּוּ are to be taken by themselves; and בּארץ מצרים, as is shown by the accents, is to be attached to what follows, on which, too, the emphasis is placed; in like manner, 'בּחרב are to be attached to the succeeding verb. The arrangement of the words, like the accumulation of sentences all expressing the same meaning, reveals the spirit of the address in which God vents His wrath. On "they shall become an execration," etc., see Jer 42:18. In Jer 44:13, Jer 44:14, the threatened extermination is further set forth. Those who dwelling Egypt shall be punished with sword, famine, and plague, like Jerusalem. The inhabitants of Egypt generally are meant; and by the judgment which is to fall on that country, the remnant of Judah there shall be so completely destroyed, that none shall escape. The leading member of the sentence is continued by ולשׁוּב, "and that they should return to the land of Judah, after which their soul longs, that they may live there." A reason is further assigned, and with this the address, reduced within becoming limits, concludes: "for there shall return none except (כּי אם) fugitives," i.e., except a few individual fugitives who shall come back. This last clause shows that we are not to understand the declaration "none shall escape" in the strictest meaning of the words. Those who escape and return to Judah shall be so few, in comparison with those who shall perish in Egypt, as to be quite inconsiderable. Cf. the like instance of a seeming contradiction in Jer 44:27, Jer 44:28. On נשּׂא את־נפשׁם, cf. Jer 22:27.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
No man dwelleth therein - The desolation of the land of Judea must have been exceedingly great when this, in almost any sense, could be spoken of it.

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²⁷ But to the land [0776] whereunto they desire [05375] [05315] to return [07725], thither shall they not return [07725].

²⁸ Yet a small [04962] number [04557] that escape [06412] the sword [02719] shall return out [07725] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and all the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall know [03045] whose words [01697] shall stand [06965], mine, or theirs.

²⁷ Behold, I will watch [08245] over them for evil [07451], and not for good [02896]: and all the men [0376] of Judah [03063] that are in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] shall be consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458], until there be an end [03615] of them.

¹⁴ So that none of the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], which are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall escape [06412] or remain [08300], that they should return [07725] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], to the which they have [05375] a desire [05315] to return [07725] to dwell [03427] there: for none shall return [07725] but such as shall escape [06405].

¹³ For I will punish [06485] them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], as I have punished [06485] Jerusalem [03389], by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]:

¹⁸ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; As mine anger [0639] and my fury [02534] hath been poured forth [05413] upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; so shall my fury [02534] be poured forth [05413] upon you, when ye shall enter [0935] into Egypt [04714]: and ye shall be an execration [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], and a reproach [02781]; and ye shall see [07200] this place [04725] no more.

¹⁵ O LORD [03068], thou knowest [03045]: remember [02142] me, and visit [06485] me, and revenge [05358] me of my persecutors [07291]; take me not away [03947] in thy longsuffering [0639] [0750]: know [03045] that for thy sake I have suffered [05375] rebuke [02781].

¹² And I will take [03947] the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that have set [07760] their faces [06440] to go [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, and they shall all be consumed [08552], and fall [05307] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; they shall even be consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: they shall die [04191], from the least [06996] even unto the greatest [01419], by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: and they shall be an execration [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], and a reproach [02781].

¹⁰ For I have set [07760] my face [06440] against this city [05892] for evil [07451], and not for good [02896], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: it shall be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784].

¹¹ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will set [07760] my face [06440] against you for evil [07451], and to cut off [03772] all Judah [03063].
¹² And I will take [03947] the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that have set [07760] their faces [06440] to go [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, and they shall all be consumed [08552], and fall [05307] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; they shall even be consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: they shall die [04191], from the least [06996] even unto the greatest [01419], by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: and they shall be an execration [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], and a reproach [02781].
¹³ For I will punish [06485] them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], as I have punished [06485] Jerusalem [03389], by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]:
¹⁴ So that none of the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], which are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall escape [06412] or remain [08300], that they should return [07725] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], to the which they have [05375] a desire [05315] to return [07725] to dwell [03427] there: for none shall return [07725] but such as shall escape [06405].

¹² Who is the wise [02450] man [0376], that may understand [0995] this? and who is he to whom the mouth [06310] of the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], that he may declare [05046] it, for what the land [0776] perisheth [06] and is burned up [03341] like a wilderness [04057], that none passeth through [05674]?

⁴ And thou shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; If ye will not hearken [08085] to me, to walk [03212] in my law [08451], which I have set [05414] before [06440] you,

¹⁹ And when we burned incense [06999] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, did we make [06213] her cakes [03561] to worship [06087] her, and pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, without [01107] our men [0582]?

¹⁵ Then all the men [0582] which knew [03045] that their wives [0802] had burned incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430], and all the women [0802] that stood by [05975], a great [01419] multitude [06951], even all the people [05971] that dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in Pathros [06624], answered [06030] Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559],

⁹ Have ye forgotten [07911] the wickedness [07451] of your fathers [01], and the wickedness [07451] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and the wickedness [07451] of their wives [0802], and your own wickedness [07451], and the wickedness [07451] of your wives [0802], which they have committed [06213] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]?

¹⁰ They are not humbled [01792] even unto this day [03117], neither have they feared [03372], nor walked [01980] in my law [08451], nor in my statutes [02708], that I set [05414] before [06440] you and before [06440] your fathers [01].

⁶ Then will I make [05414] this house [01004] like Shiloh [07887], and will make [05414] this city [05892] a curse [07045] to all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776].

⁸ In that ye provoke me unto wrath [03707] with the works [04639] of your hands [03027], burning incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], whither ye be gone [0935] to dwell [01481], that ye might cut yourselves off [03772], and that ye might be a curse [07045] and a reproach [02781] among all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776]?

¹⁶ And I will utter [01696] my judgments [04941] against them touching [05921] all their wickedness [07451], who have forsaken [05800] me, and have burned incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430], and worshipped [07812] the works [04639] of their own hands [03027].

¹⁹ And Nob [05011], the city [05892] of the priests [03548], smote [05221] he with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], both men [0376] and women [0802], children [05768] and sucklings [03243], and oxen [07794], and asses [02543], and sheep [07716], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].

³ Now go [03212] and smite [05221] Amalek [06002], and utterly destroy [02763] all that they have, and spare [02550] them not; but slay [04191] both man [0376] and woman [0802], infant [05768] and suckling [03243], ox [07794] and sheep [07716], camel [01581] and ass [02543].

¹⁹ Did Hezekiah [02396] king [04428] of Judah [03063] and all Judah [03063] put him at all [04191] to death [04191]? did he not fear [03373] the LORD [03068], and besought [02470] the LORD [03068] [06440], and the LORD [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451] which he had pronounced [01696] against them? Thus [0587] might we procure [06213] great [01419] evil [07451] against our souls [05315].

⁷ Therefore now thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Wherefore commit [06213] ye this great [01419] evil [07451] against your souls [05315], to cut off [03772] from you man [0376] and woman [0802], child [05768] and suckling [03243], out [08432] of Judah [03063], to leave [03498] you none to remain [07611];
⁸ In that ye provoke me unto wrath [03707] with the works [04639] of your hands [03027], burning incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], whither ye be gone [0935] to dwell [01481], that ye might cut yourselves off [03772], and that ye might be a curse [07045] and a reproach [02781] among all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776]?
⁹ Have ye forgotten [07911] the wickedness [07451] of your fathers [01], and the wickedness [07451] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and the wickedness [07451] of their wives [0802], and your own wickedness [07451], and the wickedness [07451] of your wives [0802], which they have committed [06213] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]?
¹⁰ They are not humbled [01792] even unto this day [03117], neither have they feared [03372], nor walked [01980] in my law [08451], nor in my statutes [02708], that I set [05414] before [06440] you and before [06440] your fathers [01].
¹¹ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will set [07760] my face [06440] against you for evil [07451], and to cut off [03772] all Judah [03063].
¹² And I will take [03947] the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that have set [07760] their faces [06440] to go [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, and they shall all be consumed [08552], and fall [05307] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; they shall even be consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: they shall die [04191], from the least [06996] even unto the greatest [01419], by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458]: and they shall be an execration [0423], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], and a reproach [02781].
¹³ For I will punish [06485] them that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], as I have punished [06485] Jerusalem [03389], by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]:
¹⁴ So that none of the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], which are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall escape [06412] or remain [08300], that they should return [07725] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], to the which they have [05375] a desire [05315] to return [07725] to dwell [03427] there: for none shall return [07725] but such as shall escape [06405].

⁵ That I may perform [06965] the oath [07621] which I have sworn [07650] unto your fathers [01], to give [05414] them a land [0776] flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], as it is this day [03117]. Then answered [06030] I, and said [0559], So be it [0543], O LORD [03068].

²⁰ Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Behold, mine anger [0639] and my fury [02534] shall be poured out [05413] upon this place [04725], upon man [0120], and upon beast [0929], and upon the trees [06086] of the field [07704], and upon the fruit [06529] of the ground [0127]; and it shall burn [01197], and shall not be quenched [03518].

⁶ Wherefore my fury [02534] and mine anger [0639] was poured forth [05413], and was kindled [01197] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]; and they are wasted [02723] and desolate [08077], as at this day [03117].

²⁴ Behold, here is my daughter [01323] a maiden [01330], and his concubine [06370]; them I will bring out [03318] now, and humble [06031] ye them, and do [06213] with them what seemeth [05869] good [02896] unto you: but unto this man [0376] do [06213] not so [02063] vile [05039] a thing [01697].

⁴ And the LORD [03068] hath sent [07971] unto you all his servants [05650] the prophets [05030], rising early [07925] and sending [07971] them; but ye have not hearkened [08085], nor inclined [05186] your ear [0241] to hear [08085].

²⁵ Since the day [03117] that your fathers [01] came forth out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] unto this day [03117] I have even sent [07971] unto you all my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], daily [03117] rising up early [07925] and sending [07971] them:

⁴ Howbeit I sent [07971] unto you all my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], rising early [07925] and sending [07971] them, saying [0559], Oh, do [06213] not this abominable [08441] thing [01697] that I hate [08130].

³ Because [06440] of their wickedness [07451] which they have committed [06213] to provoke me to anger [03707], in that they went [03212] to burn incense [06999], and to serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], whom they knew [03045] not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers [01].

³² Because of all the evil [07451] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and of the children [01121] of Judah [03063], which they have done [06213] to provoke me to anger [03707], they, their kings [04428], their princes [08269], their priests [03548], and their prophets [05030], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389].

⁴ Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];

¹⁷ For the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that planted [05193] thee, hath pronounced [01696] evil [07451] against thee, for [01558] the evil [07451] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and of the house [01004] of Judah [03063], which they have done [06213] against themselves to provoke me to anger [03707] in offering incense [06999] unto Baal [01168].

² Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Ye have seen [07200] all the evil [07451] that I have brought [0935] upon Jerusalem [03389], and upon all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]; and, behold, this day [03117] they are a desolation [02723], and no man dwelleth [03427] therein,
³ Because [06440] of their wickedness [07451] which they have committed [06213] to provoke me to anger [03707], in that they went [03212] to burn incense [06999], and to serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], whom they knew [03045] not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers [01].
⁴ Howbeit I sent [07971] unto you all my servants [05650] the prophets [05030], rising early [07925] and sending [07971] them, saying [0559], Oh, do [06213] not this abominable [08441] thing [01697] that I hate [08130].
⁵ But they hearkened [08085] not, nor inclined [05186] their ear [0241] to turn [07725] from their wickedness [07451], to burn no incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
⁶ Wherefore my fury [02534] and mine anger [0639] was poured forth [05413], and was kindled [01197] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]; and they are wasted [02723] and desolate [08077], as at this day [03117].

⁵ But they hearkened [08085] not, nor inclined [05186] their ear [0241] to turn [07725] from their wickedness [07451], to burn no incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430].