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20 Then Jeremiah answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him these words for an answer, saying,
21 Did not the Lord remember the incense which you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem — you, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? Did it not enter into His heart?
22 And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which you wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as it is this day.
23 Because of your burning incense, and because of the things in which you sinned against the Lord. And you have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in His ordinances, and in His law, and in His testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you.
24 And Jeremiah said to the people, and to the women, Hear the word of the Lord.
25 Thus says the Lord God of Israel; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her. Full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed them.
26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, My name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt.
27 For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good. And all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed.
28 And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Judah few in number, and the remnant of Judah, who have continued in the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.