face against you to destruction, and all Judah shall be cut off.

And I will take the remnant of Judah, which have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt, and they shall lodge there: and there shall be an end of them all in the land of Egypt. By the sword shall they fall, and by the famine shall they perish, both small and great: they shall die by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be sworn, and wrought a miracle, and cursed, and put to death.
Disgrace.

I will also afflict the inhabitants of the land of Egypt with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, as I did Jerusalem,

That none of the remnant of Judah should escape, nor remain, who came hither to the land of Egypt to lodge, that they might return into the land of Judah, whither they would return and dwell: but there should no man return thither, except they flee hence.

And all the men that knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that were with a great multitude, and all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, and in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, and said:

According to the word which thou sayest unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not obey thee,

But we will do according to all the word that proceedeth out of our mouth, and we will burn incense unto Melecheth of heaven, and offer drink offerings unto her, as we have done, and as our fathers, and our kings, and our princes, have done in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And we had bread enough, and we prospered, and saw no evil.

But since that time we have ceased to burn incense to Melecheth of heaven, and to offer drink offerings, we have suffered all want, and have perished by the sword and by the famine.

Even when we burn incense unto Melecheth of heaven, and offer drink offerings, we do not do it without our husbands’ will, that we should burn their cakes, and offer drink offerings, to afflict them.

Then said Jeremiah unto all the people, both men and women, and to all the people that answered him so:

For I think that the LORD remembered the incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, with your fathers, kings, and princes, and all the people of the land, and took it to heart,

That he could no more endure your wickedness and your abominations which ye did: therefore also your land is become a desolation, and a wonder, and a curse, that no man dwelleth therein, as it is this day.

Because ye have burned incense, and sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have not walked in his law, and in his statutes, and in his judgments, and in his testimonies, therefore this evil hath befallen you, as it is this day.

And Jeremiah spake unto all the people, and unto all the women: Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah that are in the land of Egypt.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and wrought with your hands, saying, We will keep our vows, which we have vowed to Melecheth of heaven, to burn incense unto her, and to offer drink offerings unto her. Well then, you have fulfilled your vows and kept your vows.

Hear therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt.
Behold, I swear by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be called by the mouth of any man out of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the LORD LORD
liveth.

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and for no good: and whosoever is of Judah in the land of Egypt shall perish by the sword, and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

But they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah with a small company. And all the remnant of Judah that went into the land of Egypt to lodge there shall know whose word is true, mine or theirs.

And for a sign, saith the LORD, that I will visit you in this place, that ye may know that my word shall come to pass upon you to mischief,

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Haphra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and of them that are after his life; as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that was after his life.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 45
Baruch is comforted by Jeremiah.

This is the word which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote this saying in a book out of the mouth of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning thee, Baruch:

Thou sayest, Woe is me! How hath the LORD afflicted me with my sorrows: I groan, and find no rest.

Say therefore unto him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even all this land of mine own.

And thou covetest great things for thyself. Desire them not. For, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy soul will I give thee for a prey, whither thou goest.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 46
Egypt is to be taken and destroyed, the Jews delivered from captivity.

This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Jeremiah the prophet against all nations.

Against Egypt. Against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was at the river Phrath, at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:

Arm your shields and tartars, and go forth to battle.

Harness horses and mount horsemen. Put on your helmets, sharpen your spears, and put on your armor.

And how is it that I see them desponding, and giving flight, and their mighty men slain? They flee, and look not about. They are afraid for ever, saith the LORD.

The swift shall not escape, nor the strong escape. Towards midnight at the waters of Phrath they fell and were laid low.

Where then is he that went up like a river, and his waves rose up like the waters?

Egypt went up like a river, and the waves thereof rose up like waters, and said: I will go up, and cover the land, and destroy the city, and them that dwell therein.

Now therefore, mount up the horses, run with the chariots, let the heroes go forth, the Moors, and from Put, that bear the shield, and the archers from Lydia.

For this is the day of the LORD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his enemies, when the sword shall devour, and be filled with their blood, and be drunken. For they shall be a sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in the land northward, by the river Phrath.

Go up to Gilead, and fetch ointment, O virgin, daughter of Egypt. But it is vain for thee to make much ointment: thou shalt not be healed.

Thy reproach is heard among the heathen, thy howling is full in the land: for one hero falleth over another, and both are fallen down together.

This is the word of the LORD, which he spake unto Jeremiah the prophet, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon was come to smite the land of Egypt: 14. Declare ye in Egypt, and tell Migdal; tell Noph and Thachpanhes, saying, Stand thou in the way: for the sword shall devour that is round about thee.

How is it that thy mighty ones fall to the ground, and may not stand? The LORD hath brought them down.

He maketh many of them to fall, one with another. Then they said: Come, let us return to our people, to our own land, from the sword of the tyrant.

And there they cried after them, saying, Pharaoh king of Egypt lieth down; he hath left his tent.

As surely as I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, he shall go up as high as mount Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea.

Take thy wayfaring, thou inhabitant, daughter of Egypt: for Noph shall be desolate and burned, and none shall dwell therein.

Egypt is a very fair calf: but the slayer cometh from the north.

And the hirelings also that dwell within are as fatted calves: but yet they must turn, and flee away together, and shall not stand: for the day of their calamity shall come upon them, even the time of their visitation.

They go forth with a clash of armour, and come with strength, and bring axes upon them like hewers of wood.

These shall so smite in their forest, saith the LORD, that they shall not be numbered: for
there are no more of them than of locusts, which no man can number.

The daughter of Egypt standeth with shame: for she is given into the hands of the people of the north.

The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish the ruler of Noah, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings, and Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him, 26. And I will deliver them into