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22 It got so bad that the Lord could no longer bear your evil and shameless acts; it was at that point that your land was reduced to an utter wasteland and a curse, as it is today. 23 The current dire situation occurred because you made offerings to other gods[a] and sinned against the Lord—because you wouldn’t obey the Lord or follow the Lord’s instruction, laws, or warnings.”

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women: Listen to the Lord’s word, all you Judeans in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:23 Heb lacks to other gods.

22 When the Lord could no longer endure(A) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(B) and a desolate waste(C) without inhabitants, as it is today.(D) 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed(E) his law or his decrees(F) or his stipulations, this disaster(G) has come upon you, as you now see.”(H)

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including the women,(I) “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah in Egypt.(J)

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