Jeremiah 44:6-16

6 Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out; it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins they are today.
7 “Now this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?
8 Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach among all the nations on earth.
9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors and by the kings and queens of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?
10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed my law and the decrees I set before you and your ancestors.
11 “Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah.
12 I will take away the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine. They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.
13 I will punish those who live in Egypt with the sword, famine and plague, as I punished Jerusalem.
14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,
16 “We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!

Cross References 36

  • 1. Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 20:34
  • 2. S Leviticus 26:31,34; S Deuteronomy 29:23; Lamentations 1:13; Zechariah 7:14
  • 3. Jeremiah 26:19
  • 4. Jeremiah 51:22
  • 5. S 2 Kings 21:14
  • 6. S Isaiah 40:18-20; S Jeremiah 10:3; Romans 1:23; Jeremiah 25:6-7
  • 7. ver 17-25; Jeremiah 41:5
  • 8. S ver 3; S Exodus 12:12
  • 9. S 1 Corinthians 10:22
  • 10. S Psalms 44:13; Jeremiah 42:18
  • 11. S Judges 2:19
  • 12. S 2 Kings 23:11
  • 13. 1 Kings 21:25
  • 14. S Proverbs 31:10; S Jeremiah 6:12
  • 15. ver 17,21; Jeremiah 11:12; Jeremiah 32:32
  • 16. S Deuteronomy 8:3; S Matthew 23:12; Philippians 2:8
  • 17. S Deuteronomy 6:13; S Psalms 5:7
  • 18. S Joshua 1:7; S Jeremiah 11:8; Matthew 5:17-20; Galatians 3:19; 1 John 3:4
  • 19. S Leviticus 18:4
  • 20. 1 Kings 9:6-9; 2 Kings 17:17
  • 21. Revelation 4:8
  • 22. S 2 Chronicles 34:24; Jeremiah 21:10; Amos 9:4
  • 23. ver 7; Jeremiah 40:15
  • 24. S Jeremiah 42:1
  • 25. S Isaiah 1:28
  • 26. S Deuteronomy 28:25; S Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 42:15-18
  • 27. S Exodus 32:34; Leviticus 26:14-17
  • 28. S Jeremiah 15:2
  • 29. S Jeremiah 42:17
  • 30. ver 28; Jeremiah 22:24-27; Jeremiah 49:5; Lamentations 4:15; Ezekiel 6:8; S Romans 9:27
  • 31. S Proverbs 31:10; S Jeremiah 6:12
  • 32. S Jeremiah 18:15
  • 33. S Genesis 3:6; 1 Timothy 2:14
  • 34. S Isaiah 11:11
  • 35. S 1 Samuel 8:19; Job 15:25-26; Jeremiah 11:8-10
  • 36. S Jeremiah 42:19

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.
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