clined their ear to turn from their wickedness, 6 and not to burn incense unto strange gods. Therefore hath my wrath been poured out, and mine anger, and hath been kindled against the cities of Judah, and against the streets of Jerusalem; and they are become a desolation and a waste, as 7 at this day. And now thus saith JEHOVAH, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore do ye commit great evil against your own souls, to the cutting off among you of man and woman, child and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, S without leaving a remnant of you; in provoking me to anger with the works of your own hands, in burning incense to strange gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell; that there may be a cutting off of you, and that ye may become a curse and a reproach among all nations of 9 the earth? Have ye forgotten the wickednesses of your fathers, and the wickednesses of the kings of Judah, and the wickednesses of the princes thereof, and your own wickednesses, and the wickednesses of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets 10 of Jerusalem? They have not been contrite unto this day, neither have they feared, neither have they walked in my law, nor in my statutes, which 11 I set before you, and before your fathers. Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I set my face against you for 12 harm, even to cut off all Judah. 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; they shall fall by the sword, by famine shall they be consumed, from the least even unto the greatest; by the sword and by famine shall they die; and they shall become an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. 13 And I will visit upon them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited upon Jerusalem, with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. 14 And the remnant of Judah, those who are come 15 into the land of Egypt with a view to sojourn there, and to return into the land of Judah, whither they set their minds upon returning, to dwell there, shall not have one escaper or survivor; whereas none shall return but escapers. Then all the men, who knew that their wives had burned incense unto strange gods, and all the women that stood by, a great company, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in 16 Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the word which thou hast spoken unto us in the name of JEHOVAH, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will surely perform what is gone forth 18 out of our mouth, in burning incense unto the regency of the heavens, and pouring out libations thereunto; like as we did, we, and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, when we had plenty of bread, and were prosperous, and saw no adversity. But from the time we left off to burn incense unto the regency of the heavens, and to pour out libations thereunto, we have been in want of every thing, and have been con19 sumed by the sword and by famine. And when we burned incense unto the regency of the heavens, pouring out also libations thereunto, did wę, 20 22 exclusively of our men, make cakes for it, worshipping it, and pouring out libations thereunto? Then spake Jeremiah unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people, who had returned him an answer, saying, 21 The incense which ye have 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 with them, hath not JEHOVAH remembered? and hath it been acceptable unto him? But JEHOVAH could no longer bear because of the wickedness of your doings, because of the abominations which ye have committed therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, so as to be 23 without an inhabitant at this day. Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against. JEHOVAH, and have not obeyed the voice of JEHOVAH, nor walked according to his law and to his statutes, and to his testimonies; therefore hath this calamity befallen you, as at this day. 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of JEHO95 VAH, all Judah, that are in the land of Eygpt: Thus hath JEHOVAH of hosts the God of Israel, spoken, saying, As for you and your women, they have even spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have ye fulfilled, saying, We will surely perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the regency of the heavens, and to pour out libations thereunto; they will surely make good your vows, they will surely accomplish 26 your vows. Therefore hear ye the word of JEHO VAH, 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 called upon by the mouth of any man of Judah, saying, As 27 JEHOVAH liveth, throughout all the land of Egypt. Behold I will watch over them for evil, and not in kindness; and they shall be consumed, every man of Judah which is in the land of Egypt, by the sword, and by famine, until there be an 28 end of them. And the escapers from the sword, that shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, shall be few in number: and all the remnant of Judah, that are come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose 29 word shall stand good, mine or theirs. And this shall be the sign unto you, that it is I that visit upon you in this place, to the end that ye may know that my words shall be surely verified up30 on you to [your] hurt; Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; like as I have delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and who sought his life. 1 CHAP. XLVI. THE WORD OF JEHOVAH WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH THE PROPHET CONCERNING THE NATIONS. CONCERNING THE ARMY OF PHARAOH-NECHO KING OF EGYPT, WHICH WAS BY THE RIVER EUPHRATES AT CARCHEMISH, WHICH NEBUCHADREZZAR KING OF BABYLON DEFEATED, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH. 3 4 ORDER ye the buckler and shield, And move on to battle. Harness the horses; and mount, ye horsemen ; Make bright the spears, put on the coats of mail. 5 Wherefore have I seen thee in dismay? Put to the rout, even their mighty ones are beaten down; And they are fled amain, and have not looked back. Fear is on every side, saith JEHOVAH! 6 Let not the swift flee away; Neither thall the mighty escape; Northward by the side of the river Euphrates They have stumbled, and shall fall. 7 Who is he that riseth up like a river, Whose waters swell like floods? 8 Egypt riseth up like a river, And like floods do his waters swell. He saith, I will arise, I will cover the land, 9 Mount ye the horses, and deal furiously; The chariots, and let the warriors go forth: Cush and Phut handling the shield, And the Ludim expert in the use of the bow. 10. But this is the day of the Lord, A day of vengeance of JEHOVAH of hosts, To avenge himself of his enemies; and the sword shall devour; It shall also be satiated, and drenched in their For the Lord JEHOVAH of hosts hath a sacrifice, |