1The word that was on Jeremiah from before LORD JEHOVAH that was prophesied on all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt, and those who dwell in Magedol, and in Takhpis, and in Mephis and in the land of Pathrus 2Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: “You have seen all the evil that I brought on Jerusalem and upon all villages of Judea, and they are desolate today, and there is no man remaining in them 3Because of all the evil that they have done, and they angered me, and they went and they placed incense to other gods which they had not known, they and their fathers 4And I sent to them all my Servants the Prophets. I went early and I sent and I said, ‘You shall not practice this defilement that I hate!’ 5And they did not hear and they did not incline their ears that they would turn from their evil, that they would not set incense for other gods 6And my anger and my passion was pressing heavily and kindled fire in the villages of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem, and it was for a wilderness and for an astonishment as today 7And now, thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Why are you doing great evil against your souls, for you shall destroy from yourselves men and women and young men and infants from within Judea so that no remnant will be left to you? 8Because you angered me by the works of your hands and you set incense for other gods in the land of Egypt which you entered to dwell there, for I shall destroy you, and you shall be for a curse and for reproach in all the nations of the Earth 9Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers and the evil of the Kings of Judea and the evil of their wives that they had done in the land of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10And they have not been purged until today, and they have not worshiped and they have not served me, and they have not walked in my Law and in my covenant that I have given to them and to their fathers

11Because of this, thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I set my face against you for evil and to destroy all of the house of Yehuda 12And I shall rout the remnant of Judea who have set their faces to enter to Egypt to dwell there. They all shall be consumed in the land of Egypt, and they shall die by the sword, and with starvation, and with plague, and they shall be for a curse and for an astonishment and for a curse and for reproach 13And I shall condemn those dwelling in the land of Egypt as I condemned Jerusalem with the sword and with starvation and with plague 14And the remnant of Judea will have no wanderers or survivors who enter to dwell there in the land of Egypt or to return to the land of Judea, for they hope in themselves to return there. They shall not return, except for a few”

15And all the men who knew their wives were offering up incense to other gods answered and said to Jeremiah, and all the women who stood in a great assembly, and all the people dwelling in the land of Egypt and in Pathrus, and they said to him: 16“The word that you spoke to us in the name of LORD JEHOVAH, we will not heed for you 17But we are doing every word that came out from our mouth to lay incense for the worship of Heaven and to pour out to it a drink offering, according to what we do, and our fathers and our Kings and our Princes in the cities of Judea, and in the streets of Jerusalem, and we were satisfied with bread and it was well for us, and we saw no evil 18And behold, when we stopped offering up incense for the service of Heaven and pouring out a drink offering to it, we lack everything, and we are consumed with sword and with starvation!” 19And all the women answered and they said: “When we were offering up incense to the Queen of Heaven and we were pouring to her a drink offering, it was not without our husbands we were making to her cakes of fine flour and we poured to her a drink offering!”

20And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women and all the people who spoke these words to him: 21“That incense of sweet spices that you offered to her in the towns of Judea and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, and your Kings, and your Princes, and the people of the land, that LORD JEHOVAH has remembered, and it came up on his heart 22And LORD JEHOVAH was not able to forgive you again, because of the evil of your works and because of the defilement that you had done, and your land was for a horror and for a curse and for a desolation, which was without an inhabitant like today 23Because you offered incense and you have sinned against LORD JEHOVAH and you have not listened to the voice of LORD JEHOVAH, and in his Law and in his covenant and in his testimony you have not walked; because of this, this evil has overtaken you as today”

24And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women: “Hear the answer of LORD JEHOVAH, all Yehuda that is in the land of Egypt 25Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: “You and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and with your hands you fulfilled, and you said: ‘We shall be strong; we shall vow our vows to offer incense for the service of Heaven and to pour out to it a drink offering!’ You have confirmed your oaths and you performed your vows 26Because of this, hear the word of LORD JEHOVAH, all Yehuda dwelling in the land of Egypt: “Behold, I have sworn in my great name, says LORD JEHOVAH, that my name shall not be again in the mouths of the house of Yehuda that is in all the land of Egypt, and they will not say, ‘Living is LORD JEHOVAH God!’ 27For I rush evil upon them, says LORD JEHOVAH, and all the men of Judea that are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword, and with starvation, and with plague, until I finish them 28And escapers of the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judea, few in number, and all the remainder of Judea that went to dwell in the land of Egypt shall know whose words will stand firm, mine or theirs 29And this is a sign to you, says LORD JEHOVAH, that I give command against you in this place, that you will know that my words set up camp against you for evil 30Thus says LORD JEHOVAH: behold, I am delivering Pharaoh, the Crippled King of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I delivered Tsedeqiah King of Judea into the hand of Nebukadnetsar, King of Babel, his enemy, and he wanted his life