1 Palavra que veio a Jeremias, acerca de todos os judeus moradores da terra do Egito, em Migdol, em Tafnes, em Mênfis e na terra de Patros, dizendo: 2 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel: Vistes todo o mal que fiz cair sobre Jerusalém e sobre todas as cidades de Judá; e eis que hoje são elas uma desolação, e ninguém habita nelas, 3 por causa da maldade que fizeram, para me irarem, indo queimar incenso e servir a outros deuses que eles nunca conheceram, eles, vós e vossos pais. 4 Todavia, começando eu de madrugada, lhes enviei os meus servos, os profetas, para lhes dizer: Não façais esta coisa abominável que aborreço. 5 Mas eles não obedeceram, nem inclinaram os ouvidos para se converterem da sua maldade, para não queimarem incenso a outros deuses. 6 Derramou-se, pois, a minha indignação e a minha ira, acenderam-se nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém, que se tornaram em deserto e em assolação, como hoje se vê. 7 Agora, pois, assim diz o Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Por que fazeis vós tão grande mal contra vós mesmos, eliminando homens e mulheres, crianças e aqueles que mamam do meio de Judá, a fim de que não vos fique resto algum? 8 Por que me irritais com as obras de vossas mãos, queimando incenso a outros deuses na terra do Egito, aonde viestes para morar, para que a vós mesmos vos elimineis e para que vos torneis objeto de desprezo e de opróbrio entre todas as nações da terra? 9 Esquecestes já as maldades de vossos pais, as maldades dos reis de Judá, as maldades das suas mulheres, as vossas maldades e as maldades das vossas mulheres, maldades cometidas na terra de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém? 10 Não se humilharam até ao dia de hoje, não temeram, não andaram na minha lei nem nos meus estatutos, que pus diante de vós e diante de vossos pais.

11 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que voltarei o rosto contra vós outros para mal e para eliminar a todo o Judá. 12 Tomarei o resto de Judá que se obstinou em entrar na terra do Egito para morar, onde será ele de todo consumido; cairá à espada e à fome; desde o menor até ao maior perecerão; morrerão à espada e à fome; e serão objeto de maldição, espanto, desprezo e opróbrio. 13 Porque castigarei os que habitam na terra do Egito, como o fiz a Jerusalém, com a espada, a fome e a peste, 14 de maneira que, dos restantes de Judá que vieram à terra do Egito para morar, não haverá quem escape e sobreviva para tornar à terra de Judá, à qual desejam voltar para morar; mas não tornarão senão alguns fugitivos.

15 Então, responderam a Jeremias todos os homens que sabiam que suas mulheres queimavam incenso a outros deuses e todas as mulheres que se achavam ali em pé, grande multidão, como também todo o povo que habitava na terra do Egito, em Patros, dizendo: 16 Quanto à palavra que nos anunciaste em nome do Senhor, não te obedeceremos a ti; 17 antes, certamente, toda a palavra que saiu da nossa boca, isto é, queimaremos incenso à Rainha dos Céus e lhe ofereceremos libações, como nós, nossos pais, nossos reis e nossos príncipes temos feito, nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém; tínhamos fartura de pão, prosperávamos e não víamos mal algum. 18 Mas, desde que cessamos de queimar incenso à Rainha dos Céus e de lhe oferecer libações, tivemos falta de tudo e fomos consumidos pela espada e pela fome. 19 Quando queimávamos incenso à Rainha dos Céus e lhe oferecíamos libações, acaso, lhe fizemos bolos que a retratavam e lhe oferecemos libações, sem nossos maridos?

20 Então, disse Jeremias a todo o povo, aos homens e às mulheres, a todo o povo que lhe tinha dado esta resposta, dizendo: 21 Quanto ao incenso que queimastes nas cidades de Judá e nas ruas de Jerusalém, vós e vossos pais, os vossos reis e os vossos príncipes e o povo da terra, acaso, não se lembrou disso o Senhor, nem lhe andou isso pela mente? 22 O Senhor já não podia por mais tempo sofrer a maldade das vossas obras, as abominações que cometestes; pelo que a vossa terra se tornou deserta, um objeto de espanto e de desprezo e desabitada, como hoje se vê. 23 Pois queimastes incenso e pecastes contra o Senhor, não obedecestes à voz do Senhor e na sua lei e nos seus testemunhos não andastes; por isso, vos sobreveio este mal, como hoje se vê.

24 Disse mais Jeremias a todo o povo e a todas as mulheres: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, vós, todo o Judá, que estais na terra do Egito: 25 Assim fala o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel, dizendo: Vós e vossas mulheres não somente fizestes por vossa boca, senão também que cumpristes por vossas mãos os vossos votos, a saber: Certamente cumpriremos os nossos votos, que fizemos, de queimar incenso à Rainha dos Céus e de lhe oferecer libações. Confirmai, pois, perfeitamente, os vossos votos, sim, cumpri-os. 26 Portanto, ouvi a palavra do Senhor, vós, todo o Judá, que habitais na terra do Egito: Eis que eu juro pelo meu grande nome, diz o Senhor, que nunca mais será pronunciado o meu nome por boca de qualquer homem de Judá em toda a terra do Egito, dizendo: Tão certo como vive o Senhor Deus. 27 Eis que velarei sobre eles para mal e não para bem; todos os homens de Judá que estão na terra do Egito serão consumidos à espada e à fome, até que se acabem de todo. 28 Os que escaparem da espada tornarão da terra do Egito à terra de Judá, poucos em número; e todos os restantes de Judá que vieram à terra do Egito para morar saberão se subsistirá a minha palavra ou a sua. 29 Isto vos será sinal de que eu vos castigarei neste lugar, diz o Senhor, para que saibais que certamente subsistirão as minhas palavras contra vós outros para mal. 30 Eis o sinal, diz o Senhor: Eu entregarei o Faraó-Hofra, rei do Egito, nas mãos de seus inimigos, nas mãos dos que procuram a sua morte, como entreguei Zedequias, rei de Judá, nas mãos de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, que era seu inimigo e procurava tirar-lhe a vida.

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 2 Thus saith Jehovah 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, 3 because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. 6 Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. 7 Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining; 8 in that ye provoke me unto anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah. 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. 19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?

20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying, 21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and came it not into his mind? 22 so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: 25 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows. 26 Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah liveth. 27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs. 29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: 30 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.

1 This word came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in Lower Egypt —in Migdol, Tahpanhes and Memphis —and in Upper Egypt:

2 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Today they lie deserted and in ruins

3 because of the evil they have done. They aroused my anger by burning incense to and worshiping other gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors ever knew.

4 Again and again I sent my servants the prophets, who said, 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate!'

5 But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.

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 "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!

17 We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.

18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine."

19 The women added, "When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?"

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

21 "Did not the LORD remember and call to mind the incense burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your ancestors, your kings and your officials and the people of the land?

22 When the LORD could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse and a desolate waste without inhabitants, as it is today.

23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed him or followed his law or his decrees or his stipulations, this disaster has come upon you, as you now see."

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah in Egypt.

25 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have done what you said you would do when you promised, 'We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.' "Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!

26 But hear the word of the LORD, all you Jews living in Egypt: 'I swear by my great name,' says the LORD, 'that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, "As surely as the Sovereign LORD lives."

27 For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed.

28 Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand —mine or theirs.

29 "'This will be the sign to you that I will punish you in this place,' declares the LORD, 'so that you will know that my threats of harm against you will surely stand.'

30 This is what the LORD says: 'I am going to deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.'"