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24 Then Jeremiah told all the people and all the women, “All you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt, listen to this message from the Lord! 25 This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have spoken with your mouths and acted with your hands: “We will certainly carry through[a] on the vows that we vowed to offer sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and pour out liquid offerings to her!” Go ahead, carry through on your vows, and diligently do what you vowed!’ 26 But[b] listen to this message from the Lord, all you people of[c] Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. ‘Look, I’ve sworn by my great name’, says the Lord, ‘my name will no longer be invoked by the mouth of any person in the entire land of Egypt, as he says, “As surely as the Lord God[d] lives…”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:25 Lit. cause to stand
  2. Jeremiah 44:26 Or Therefore
  3. Jeremiah 44:26 The Heb. lacks you people of
  4. Jeremiah 44:26 MT word usually translated Lord
  5. Jeremiah 44:26 I.e. using the Lord’s name to confirm an oath