Jeremiah 44:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶So my burning anger was poured out. It blazed out against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. It made them the dry and empty places they are today.”

⁷The Lord God who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “Why do you want to bring all this trouble on yourselves? You are removing from Judah its men and women, its children and babies. Not one of you will be left. ⁸Why do you want to make me angry with the gods your hands have made? Why do you burn incense to the gods of Egypt, where you now live? You will destroy yourselves. All the nations on earth will use your name as a curse. They will say you are shameful.

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Jeremiah 44:6-8

New International Version

⁶Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;^(A) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins^(B) they are today.

⁷“Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster^(C) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,^(D) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?^(E) ⁸Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,^(F) burning incense^(G) to other gods in Egypt,^(H) where you have come to live?^(I) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse^[a] and an object of reproach^(J) among all the nations on earth.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.

Jeremiah 44:6-8

King James Version

⁶Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

⁷Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

⁸In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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