Jeremiah 44:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate.

⁵ But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.

⁶ Wherefore my indignation and my fury was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and they are turned to desolation and waste, as at this day.