Jeremiah 44:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ None of you will survive. You may hope to return to Judah someday, but only a very few of you will escape death and be able to go back.

The People Refuse To Worship the Lord

¹⁵ A large number of Jews from both northern and southern Egypt listened to me as I told them what the Lord had said. Most of the men in the crowd knew that their wives often burned incense to other gods. So they and their wives shouted:

¹⁶ Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord's name? We refuse to listen!