These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
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Jeremiah 44
Tanakh 30 verses
- 1 The that came to concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of , that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying:
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Thus saith of hosts, the of : Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon , and upon all the cities of ; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;
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Isaiah 6:11 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 4:7 Micah 3:12 Lamentations 1:16 Joshua 23:3 Leviticus 26:32-33 Leviticus 26:43 Lamentations 5:18 Jeremiah 7:34 Exodus 19:4 Lamentations 1:1 Deuteronomy 29:2 Jeremiah 44:22 2 Kings 21:13 Jeremiah 25:11 Zechariah 1:6 Isaiah 64:10-11 Isaiah 24:12 Jeremiah 39:1-8 -
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because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke Me, in that they went to offer, and to other Elohims, whom they knew not, neither they, nor ye, nor your fathers.
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Deuteronomy 13:6 Deuteronomy 29:26 Deuteronomy 32:17 Jeremiah 44:8 Ezekiel 8:17-18 Nehemiah 9:33 Jeremiah 2:17-19 Daniel 9:5 Jeremiah 9:12-14 Zechariah 7:12-13 Jeremiah 7:19 Ezra 9:6-11 Jeremiah 4:17-18 Jeremiah 5:19 Jeremiah 11:17 Jeremiah 22:9 Lamentations 1:8 Lamentations 4:13 Ezekiel 9:9 Jeremiah 5:29 Ezekiel 22:25-31 Jeremiah 19:3-4 Jeremiah 16:11-12 - 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, 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 forbear unto other Elohims.
- 6 Wherefore My fury and Mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of and in the streets of ; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
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Therefore now thus saith , the of hosts, the of : 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 , to leave you none remaining;
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Jeremiah 51:22 Habakkuk 2:10 Numbers 16:38 Jeremiah 9:21 Ezekiel 33:11 Lamentations 2:11 Jeremiah 7:19 Jeremiah 44:8 Jeremiah 44:11-12 Jeremiah 44:27-28 Proverbs 15:32 Judges 21:11 Deuteronomy 32:25 Jeremiah 42:20 1 Samuel 15:3 Joshua 6:21 1 Samuel 22:19 Proverbs 8:36 Jeremiah 25:7 Jeremiah 26:19 Proverbs 5:22 Jeremiah 44:14 Proverbs 1:18 -
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in that ye provoke Me with the works of your hands, unto other Elohims in the land of , whither ye are gone to sojourn; that ye may be cut off, and that ye may be a and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
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Have ye forgotten the wicked deeds of your fathers, and the wicked deeds of the kings of , and the wicked deeds of their wives, and your own wicked deeds, and the wicked deeds of your wives, which they committed in the land of , and in the streets of ?
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They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in My , nor in My statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
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Jeremiah 8:12 Proverbs 28:14 1 Kings 21:29 Luke 23:40 Exodus 10:3 Proverbs 8:13 Ezekiel 9:4 Jeremiah 10:7 Psalm 51:17 Isaiah 57:15 Psalm 34:18 2 Chronicles 12:6-12 Jeremiah 36:24 Malachi 4:2 2 Chronicles 33:12 2 Chronicles 34:27 2 Chronicles 33:19 James 4:6-10 2 Chronicles 32:26 Exodus 9:17 1 Peter 5:6 Proverbs 14:16 Proverbs 16:6 Daniel 5:20-22 Revelation 15:4 Exodus 9:30 Isaiah 66:2 Romans 11:20 Ecclesiastes 8:12-13 Matthew 27:54 2 Kings 22:19 -
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Therefore thus saith of hosts, the of : Behold, I will set My against you for evil, even to cut off all .
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- 12 And I will take the remnant of , that have set their faces to go into the land of to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of 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 , and a reproach.
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For I will punish them that dwell in the land of , as I have punished , by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
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- 14 so that none of the remnant of , that are gone into the land of to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of , to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return such as shall escape.’
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Then all the men who knew that their wives offered unto other Elohims, and all the women that stood by, a great , even all the people that dwelt in the land of , in Pathros, answered , saying:
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- 16 As for the that thou hast spoken unto us in the of , we will not hearken unto thee.
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But we will certainly perform every that is gone forth out of our mouth, to offer unto the queen of , 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 , and in the streets of ; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
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Jeremiah 7:18 Nehemiah 9:34 Deuteronomy 23:23 Hosea 2:5-9 Philippians 3:19 Jeremiah 44:25 Jeremiah 19:13 Jeremiah 44:21 Judges 11:36 2 Kings 17:16 Exodus 16:3 Numbers 30:12 Jeremiah 44:9 1 Peter 1:18 Isaiah 48:5 Daniel 9:5-8 Psalm 12:4 Jeremiah 32:29-32 Psalm 106:6 Mark 6:26 2 Kings 22:17 Numbers 30:2 Ezekiel 20:8 -
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But since we let off to offer to the queen of , and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
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- 19 And is it we that offer to the queen of , and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?’
- 20 Then 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 that ye offered in the cities of , and in the streets of , ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not them, and came it not into His mind?
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So that could no 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 , without an inhabitant, as at this day.
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Jeremiah 25:18 Jeremiah 25:38 Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 18:16 Isaiah 7:13 Isaiah 43:24 Malachi 2:17 Jeremiah 44:12 Isaiah 1:24 Daniel 9:12 Jeremiah 24:9 Jeremiah 44:2 Amos 2:13 Jeremiah 26:6 Psalm 107:33-34 Psalm 95:10-11 Lamentations 2:15-16 Romans 9:22 Genesis 6:3 Genesis 6:5-7 Genesis 19:13 Romans 2:4-5 Jeremiah 29:19 1 Kings 9:7-8 Jeremiah 15:6 Jeremiah 44:6 Ezekiel 5:13 2 Peter 3:7-9 - 23 Because ye have offered, and because ye have sinned against , and have not hearkened to the voice of , nor walked in His , nor in His statutes, nor in His testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.’
- 24 Moreover said unto all the people, and to all the women: ‘Hear the of , all that are in the land of :
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Thus saith of hosts, the of , 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 offer to the queen of , and to pour out drink-offerings unto her; ye shall surely establish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
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Therefore ye the of , all that dwell in the land of : Behold, I have sworn by My great , saith , that My shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of in all the land of saying: As liveth.
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Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of that are in the land of shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
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- 28 And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of into the land of , few in number; and all the remnant of , that are gone into the land of to sojourn there, shall whose shall stand, Mine, or theirs.
- 29 And this shall be the sign unto you, saith , that I will punish you in this place, that ye may that My words shall surely stand against you for evil;
- 30 thus saith : Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra of into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah of into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar of , his enemy, and that sought his life.’