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Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold I do set my face against
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to destroy all the remnant that are in Egypt; and they shall fall by the sword, and by famine, and shall be consumed small and great: and they shall be for reproach, and for destruction, and for a curse.
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And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:
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and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Juda that sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Juda, to which they hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that escape.
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Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathura, answered Jeremias, saying,
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the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee.
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For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.
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But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
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And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
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Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him words for answer, saying,
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Did not the Lord remember the incense which ye burned in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? and came it not into his heart?