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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwelt in the land of Egypt, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּמִגְדֹּל֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֣ס (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְנֹ֔ף (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְאֶ֥רֶץ (בְ) ve. “in”

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and behold they are, this day, a waste, and no man dwelleth therein,

בָּהֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And 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 become a waste, a desolation, as at this day.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

provoking me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are come to sojourn, that ye should be cut off, and that ye should be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י (בְּ) be. “by”בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “among”

Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

They are not humbled unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.

בְתֽוֹרָתִי֙ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔י (בְ) ve. “in”

Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

בָּכֶ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “on <the>”

And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed: in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword [ergänzt: and] by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

בְּאֶ֧רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֤רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּֽרָעָב֙ (בָּֽ) ba. “by <the>”בַּחֶ֥רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָרָעָ֖ב (בָ) va. “by <the>”

And I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּחֶ֥רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”בָּרָעָ֖ב (בָּ) ba. “by <the>”וּבַדָּֽבֶר׃ (בַ) va. “by <the>”

and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּפַתְר֥וֹס (בְּ) be. “in”

[ergänzt: As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”

but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

וּבַחֶ֥רֶב (בַ) va. “by the”וּבָרָעָ֖ב (בָ) va. “by the”

Is it not the incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and the people of the land, that Jehovah remembered, and that came into his mind?

בְּעָרֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְחֻצ֣וֹת (בְ) ve. “in”

Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”וּבְתֹרָת֧וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יו (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְעֵדְוֹתָ֖יו (בְ) ve. “in”

And Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will certainly perform our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her. Ye will certainly establish your vows, and entirely perform your vows.

בְּפִיכֶם֮ (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִידֵיכֶ֣ם (בִ) vi. “with”

Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, [ergänzt: As] the Lord Jehovah liveth.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּשְׁמִ֤י (בִּ) bi “by”בְּפִ֣י׀ (בְּ) be. “by”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בַּחֶ֥רֶב (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבָרָעָ֖ב (בָ) va. “by <the>”

And this shall be the sign unto you, saith Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall certainly stand against you for evil:

בַּמָּק֣וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”

thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will give Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “in”בְּיַ֨ד (בְּ) be. “in”

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerijah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying,

בְּכָתְבוֹ֩ (בְּ) be. “when”בַּשָּׁנָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Thou didst say, Woe unto me! for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow; I am weary with my sighing, and I find no rest.

בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י (בְּ) be. “with”

Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah.

בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ (בְּ) be. “at”בִּשְׁנַת֙ (בִּ) bi “in”