Jeremiah 44:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ ‘But they didn’t listen or pay attention^[a] by turning from their wickedness and not offering sacrifices to other gods. ⁶ My wrath and my anger were poured out, and they burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem so that they have become a ruin and a desolate place, as is the case today.’

⁷ “Now, this is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why are you doing great harm to yourselves so as to cut off from Judah^[b] man and woman, child and infant from you, leaving yourselves without a remnant?