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 ruins3 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.'"

1 Verbum quod factum est per Jeremiam ad omnes Judos qui habitabant in terra gypti, habitantes in Magdalo, et in Taphnis, et in Memphis, et in terra Phatures, dicens : 2 Hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : Vos vidistis omne malum istud quod adduxi super Jerusalem, et super omnes urbes Juda : et ecce desert sunt hodie, et non est in eis habitator, 3 propter malitiam quam fecerunt ut me ad iracundiam provocarent, et irent ut sacrificarent, et colerent deos alienos quos nesciebant, et illi, et vos, et patres vestri. 4 Et misi ad vos omnes servos meos prophetas, de nocte consurgens, mittensque et dicens : Nolite facere verbum abominationis hujuscemodi, quam odivi. 5 Et non audierunt, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam, ut converterentur a malis suis, et non sacrificarent diis alienis. 6 Et conflata est indignatio mea et furor meus, et succensa est in civitatibus Juda, et in plateis Jerusalem, et vers sunt in solitudinem et vastitatem secundum diem hanc. 7 Et nunc hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : Quare vos facitis malum grande hoc contra animas vestras, ut intereat ex vobis vir et mulier, parvulus et lactens, de medio Jud, nec relinquatur vobis quidquam residuum : 8 provocantes me in operibus manuum vestrarum, sacrificando diis alienis in terra gypti, in quam ingressi estis ut habitetis ibi et dispereatis, et sitis in maledictionem et in opprobrium cunctis gentibus terr ? 9 Numquid obliti estis mala patrum vestrorum, et mala regum Juda, et mala uxorum ejus, et mala vestra, et mala uxorum vestrarum, qu fecerunt in terra Juda, et in regionibus Jerusalem ? 10 Non sunt mundati usque ad diem hanc : et non timuerunt, et non ambulaverunt in lege Domini, et in prceptis meis, qu dedi coram vobis et coram patribus vestris. 11 Ideo hc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral : Ecce ego ponam faciem meam in vobis in malum : et disperdam omnem Judam. 12 Et assumam reliquias Jud, qui posuerunt facies suas ut ingrederentur terram gypti, et habitarent ibi, et consumentur omnes in terra gypti : cadent in gladio, et in fame, et consumentur a minimo usque ad maximum : in gladio et in fame morientur, et erunt in jusjurandum, et in miraculum, et in maledictionem, et in opprobrium. 13 Et visitabo super habitatores terr gypti, sicut visitavi super Jerusalem, in gladio, et fame, et peste : 14 et non erit qui effugiat, et sit residuus de reliquis Judorum qui vadunt ut peregrinentur in terra gypti, et revertantur in terram Juda, ad quam ipsi elevant animas suas ut revertantur, et habitent ibi : non revertentur, nisi qui fugerint.15 Responderunt autem Jeremi omnes viri scientes quod sacrificarent uxores eorum diis alienis, et univers mulieres quarum stabat multitudo grandis, et omnis populus habitantium in terra gypti in Phatures, dicentes : 16 Sermonem quem locutus es ad nos in nomine Domini, non audiemus ex te : 17 sed facientes faciemus omne verbum quod egredietur de ore nostro, ut sacrificemus regin cli, et libemus ei libamina, sicut fecimus nos et patres nostri, reges nostri et principes nostri, in urbibus Juda, et in plateis Jerusalem : et saturati sumus panibus, et bene nobis erat, malumque non vidimus. 18 Ex eo autem tempore quo cessavimus sacrificare regin cli, et libare ei libamina, indigemus omnibus, et gladio et fame consumpti sumus. 19 Quod si nos sacrificamus regin cli, et libamus ei libamina, numquid sine viris nostris fecimus ei placentas ad colendum eam, et libandum ei libamina ?20 Et dixit Jeremias ad omnem populum, adversum viros, et adversum mulieres, et adversum universam plebem, qui responderant ei verbum, dicens : 21 Numquid non sacrificium quod sacrificastis in civitatibus Juda, et in plateis Jerusalem, vos et patres vestri, reges vestri, et principes vestri, et populus terr, horum recordatus est Dominus, et ascendit super cor ejus ? 22 Et non poterat Dominus ultra portare propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, et propter abominationes quas fecistis : et facta est terra vestra in desolationem, et in stuporem, et in maledictum, eo quod non sit habitator, sicut est dies hc. 23 Propterea quod sacrificaveritis idolis, et peccaveritis Domino, et non audieritis vocem Domini, et in lege, et in prceptis, et in testimoniis ejus non ambulaveritis, idcirco evenerunt vobis mala hc, sicut est dies hc. 24 Dixit autem Jeremias ad omnem populum, et ad universas mulieres : Audite verbum Domini, omnis Juda, qui estis in terra gypti. 25 Hc inquit Dominus exercituum, Deus Isral, dicens : Vos et uxores vestr, locuti estis ore vestro, et manibus vestris implestis, dicentes : Faciamus vota nostra, qu vovimus, ut sacrificemus regin cli, et libemus ei libamina. Implestis vota vestra, et opere perpetrastis ea. 26 Ideo audite verbum Domini, omnis Juda, qui habitatis in terra gypti : Ecce ego juravi in nomine meo magno, ait Dominus, quia nequaquam ultra vocabitur nomen meum ex ore omnis viri Judi, dicentis : Vivit Dominus Deus, in omni terra gypti. 27 Ecce ego vigilabo super eos in malum, et non in bonum : et consumentur omnes viri Juda qui sunt in terra gypti gladio et fame, donec penitus consumantur. 28 Et qui fugerint gladium, revertentur de terra gypti in terram Juda viri pauci : et scient omnes reliqui Juda, ingredientium terram gypti ut habitent ibi, cujus sermo compleatur, meus an illorum. 29 Et hoc vobis signum, ait Dominus, quod visitem ego super vos in loco isto, ut sciatis quia vere complebuntur sermones mei contra vos in malum : 30 hc dicit Dominus : Ecce ego tradam Pharaonem Ephree regem gypti, in manu inimicorum ejus, et in manu qurentium animam illius, sicut tradidi Sedeciam regem Juda in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, inimici sui, et qurentis animam ejus.