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Jeremiah 44 Summary
Judgment Against Jews in Egypt
The Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews dwelling in Egypt, reminding them that Jerusalem's desolation came from their wickedness in burning incense to other gods. Though the Lord sent prophets urging them to repent, they persisted in idolatry. Now in Egypt they would face the sword, famine, and pestilence; they would die there and never return to Judah. When the people insisted on worshiping the queen of heaven as they had before, Jeremiah declared that the Lord would consume them in Egypt and make them an execration.
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Jeremiah 44:1-3
“The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,”
Jeremiah 44:7-8
“Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;”
Jeremiah 44:15-17
“Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,”
Jeremiah 44:26-28
“Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.”
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