## Jeremiah Chapter 44

###### Jeremiah 44:1
[Jeremiah 44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:1)

הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶ֚ל כׇּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֤ים בְּמִגְדֹּל֙ וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵ֣ס וּבְנֹ֔ף וּבְאֶ֥רֶץ פַּתְר֖וֹס לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word that came to Yirmeyahu concerning all the men of Yehuda who dwelt in the land of Miżrayim, who dwelt at Migdol, and at Taĥpanĥes, and at Nof, and in the country of Patros, saying,


###### Jeremiah 44:2
[Jeremiah 44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:2)

כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתֶּ֣ם רְאִיתֶ֗ם אֵ֤ת כׇּל־הָֽרָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם וְעַ֖ל כׇּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וְהִנָּ֤ם חׇרְבָּה֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין בָּהֶ֖ם יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord of hosts the God of Yisra᾽el; You have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Yerushalayim, and upon all the cities of Yehuda; and, behold, this day they are a ruin, and no one dwells in them,


###### Jeremiah 44:3
[Jeremiah 44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:3)

מִפְּנֵ֣י רָעָתָ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ לְהַכְעִסֵ֔נִי לָלֶ֣כֶת לְקַטֵּ֔ר לַעֲבֹ֖ד לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יְדָע֔וּם הֵ֖מָּה אַתֶּ֥ם וַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, you, nor your fathers.


###### Jeremiah 44:4
[Jeremiah 44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:4)

וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־כׇּל־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הַשְׁכֵּ֥ים וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַל־נָ֣א תַעֲשׂ֗וּ אֵ֛ת דְּבַֽר־הַתֹּעֵבָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet I sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them from morning till night, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.


###### Jeremiah 44:5
[Jeremiah 44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:5)

וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אׇזְנָ֔ם לָשׁ֖וּב מֵרָעָתָ֑ם לְבִלְתִּ֥י קַטֵּ֖ר לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.


###### Jeremiah 44:6
[Jeremiah 44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:6)

וַתִּתַּ֤ךְ חֲמָתִי֙ וְאַפִּ֔י וַתִּבְעַר֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַתִּהְיֶ֛ינָה לְחׇרְבָּ֥ה לִשְׁמָמָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So that my fury and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Yehuda and in the streets of Yerushalayim; and they have become a waste and a desolation, as at this day.


###### Jeremiah 44:7
[Jeremiah 44:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:7)

וְעַתָּ֡ה כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לָמָה֩ אַתֶּ֨ם עֹשִׂ֜ים רָעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ אֶל־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵכֶ֔ם לְהַכְרִ֨ית לָכֶ֧ם אִישׁ־וְאִשָּׁ֛ה עוֹלֵ֥ל וְיוֹנֵ֖ק מִתּ֣וֹךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה לְבִלְתִּ֛י הוֹתִ֥יר לָכֶ֖ם שְׁאֵרִֽית׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore now thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Why do you commit this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, from the midst of Yehuda, leaving you no remnant;


###### Jeremiah 44:8
[Jeremiah 44:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:8)

לְהַכְעִסֵ֙נִי֙ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְדֵיכֶ֔ם לְקַטֵּ֞ר לֵאלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם בָּאִ֖ים לָג֣וּר שָׁ֑ם לְמַ֙עַן֙ הַכְרִ֣ית לָכֶ֔ם וּלְמַ֤עַן הֱיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ לִקְלָלָ֣ה וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Miżrayim into which you are gone to dwell, that you might cut yourselves off, and that you might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?


###### Jeremiah 44:9
[Jeremiah 44:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:9)

הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩ אֶת־רָע֨וֹת אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶת־רָע֣וֹת**׀** מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְאֵת֙ רָע֣וֹת נָשָׁ֔יו וְאֵת֙ רָעֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת רָעֹ֣ת נְשֵׁיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Yehuda, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives which they have committed in the land of Yehuda, and in the streets of Yerushalayim?


###### Jeremiah 44:10
[Jeremiah 44:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:10)

לֹ֣א דֻכְּא֔וּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְלֹ֣א יָֽרְא֗וּ וְלֹא־הָלְכ֤וּ בְתֽוֹרָתִי֙ וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔י אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם וְלִפְנֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are not humbled to this day, neither have they feared, nor followed my Tora, nor my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.


###### Jeremiah 44:11
[Jeremiah 44:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:11)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִ֨י שָׂ֥ם פָּנַ֛י בָּכֶ֖ם לְרָעָ֑ה וּלְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־כׇּל־יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Yehuda,


###### Jeremiah 44:12
[Jeremiah 44:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:12)

וְלָקַחְתִּ֞י אֶת־שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֨מוּ פְנֵיהֶ֜ם לָב֣וֹא אֶרֶץ־מִצְרַ֘יִם֮ לָג֣וּר שָׁם֒ וְתַ֨מּוּ כֹ֜ל בְּאֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם יִפֹּ֗לוּ בַּחֶ֤רֶב בָּרָעָב֙ יִתַּ֔מּוּ מִקָּטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל בַּחֶ֥רֶב וּבָרָעָ֖ב יָמֻ֑תוּ וְהָיוּ֙ לְאָלָ֣ה לְשַׁמָּ֔ה וְלִקְלָלָ֖ה וּלְחֶרְפָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will take the remnant of Yehuda, that have set their faces to go into the land of Miżrayim to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Miżrayim; they shall be consumed, and by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall become an oath, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.


###### Jeremiah 44:13
[Jeremiah 44:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:13)

וּפָקַדְתִּ֗י עַ֤ל הַיּֽוֹשְׁבִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּקַ֖דְתִּי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֥ב וּבַדָּֽבֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Miżrayim, as I have punished Yerushalayim, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:


###### Jeremiah 44:14
[Jeremiah 44:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:14)

וְלֹ֨א יִהְיֶ֜ה פָּלִ֤יט וְשָׂרִיד֙ לִשְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה הַבָּאִ֥ים לָגֽוּר־שָׁ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלָשׁ֣וּב**׀** אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֜מָּה מְנַשְּׂאִ֤ים אֶת־נַפְשָׁם֙ לָשׁוּב֙ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת שָׁ֔ם כִּ֥י לֹֽא־יָשׁ֖וּבוּ כִּ֥י אִם־פְּלֵטִֽים׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that none of the remnant of Yehuda, who are gone into the land of Miżrayim to sojourn there, shall escape or survive, to return to the land of Yehuda, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none but fugitives shall return.


###### Jeremiah 44:15
[Jeremiah 44:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:15)

וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ כׇּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הַיֹּֽדְעִים֙ כִּֽי־מְקַטְּר֤וֹת נְשֵׁיהֶם֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְכׇל־הַנָּשִׁ֥ים הָעֹמְד֖וֹת קָהָ֣ל גָּד֑וֹל וְכׇל־הָעָ֛ם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בְּאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּפַתְר֥וֹס לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude even all the people that dwelt in the land of Miżrayim, in Patros, answered Yirmeyahu, saying,


###### Jeremiah 44:16
[Jeremiah 44:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:16)

הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֥רְתָּ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee,


###### Jeremiah 44:17
[Jeremiah 44:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:17)

כִּי֩ עָשֹׂ֨ה נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה אֶֽת־כׇּל־הַדָּבָ֣ר**׀** אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֣א מִפִּ֗ינוּ לְקַטֵּ֞ר לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֘יִם֮ וְהַסֵּֽיךְ־לָ֣הּ נְסָכִים֒ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשִׂ֜ינוּ אֲנַ֤חְנוּ וַאֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ מְלָכֵ֣ינוּ וְשָׂרֵ֔ינוּ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע־לֶ֙חֶם֙ וַנִּהְיֶ֣ה טוֹבִ֔ים וְרָעָ֖ה לֹ֥א רָאִֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but we will certainly do everything that we uttered with our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, 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 Yehuda, and in the streets of Yerushalayim: for then we had plenty of bread, and were well off, and saw no evil.


###### Jeremiah 44:18
[Jeremiah 44:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:18)

וּמִן־אָ֡ז חָדַ֜לְנוּ לְקַטֵּ֨ר לִמְלֶ֧כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהַסֵּֽךְ־לָ֥הּ נְסָכִ֖ים חָסַ֣רְנוּ כֹ֑ל וּבַחֶ֥רֶב וּבָרָעָ֖ב תָּֽמְנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.


###### Jeremiah 44:19
[Jeremiah 44:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:19)

וְכִֽי־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ עָשִׂ֨ינוּ לָ֤הּ כַּוָּנִים֙ לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔הֿ וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִֽים׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we alone make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our menfolk?


###### Jeremiah 44:20
[Jeremiah 44:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:20)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל־כׇּל־הָעָ֑ם עַל־הַגְּבָרִ֤ים וְעַל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ וְעַל־כׇּל־הָעָ֔ם הָעֹנִ֥ים אֹת֛וֹ דָּבָ֖ר לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yirmeyahu said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people who had given him that answer, saying,


###### Jeremiah 44:21
[Jeremiah 44:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:21)

הֲל֣וֹא אֶת־הַקִּטֵּ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר קִטַּרְתֶּ֜ם בְּעָרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְחֻצ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם אַתֶּ֧ם וַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם מַלְכֵיכֶ֥ם וְשָׂרֵיכֶ֖ם וְעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ אֹתָם֙ זָכַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֖ה עַל־לִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The incense that you burned in the cities of Yehuda, and in the streets of Yerushalayim, you, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?


###### Jeremiah 44:22
[Jeremiah 44:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:22)

וְלֹא־יוּכַל֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה ע֜וֹד לָשֵׂ֗את מִפְּנֵי֙ רֹ֣עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֥י הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם וַתְּהִ֣י אַ֠רְצְכֶ֠ם לְחׇרְבָּ֨ה וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה וְלִקְלָלָ֛ה מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵׁ֖ב כְּהַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that the Lord could no longer bear the evil of your doings, and the abominations which you committed; therefore is your land a ruin, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.


###### Jeremiah 44:23
[Jeremiah 44:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:23)

מִפְּנֵי֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר קִטַּרְתֶּ֜ם וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר חֲטָאתֶ֣ם לַיהֹוָ֗ה וְלֹ֤א שְׁמַעְתֶּם֙ בְּק֣וֹל יְהֹוָ֔ה וּבְתֹרָת֧וֹ וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יו וּבְעֵדְוֺתָ֖יו לֹ֣א הֲלַכְתֶּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֥את אֶתְכֶ֛ם הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because you burned incense, and because you sinned against the Lord, and did not obey the voice of the Lord, nor followed his Tora, nor his statutes, nor his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as at this day.


###### Jeremiah 44:24
[Jeremiah 44:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:24)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־כׇּל־הָעָ֔ם וְאֶ֖ל כׇּל־הַנָּשִׁ֑ים שִׁמְעוּ֙ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה כׇּל־יְהוּדָ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover Yirmeyahu said to all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all those of Yehuda who are in the land of Miżrayim:


###### Jeremiah 44:25
[Jeremiah 44:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:25)

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָֽה־צְבָאוֹת֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר אַתֶּ֨ם וּנְשֵׁיכֶ֜ם וַתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה בְּפִיכֶם֮ וּבִידֵיכֶ֣ם מִלֵּאתֶ֣ם׀לֵאמֹר֒ עָשֹׂ֨ה נַעֲשֶׂ֜ה אֶת־נְדָרֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָדַ֙רְנוּ֙ לְקַטֵּר֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הָקֵ֤ים תָּקִ֙ימְנָה֙ אֶת־נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם וְעָשֹׂ֥ה תַעֲשֶׂ֖ינָה אֶת־נִדְרֵיכֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: if you will accomplish your vows, accomplish them; and if you will perform your vows, then perform them.


###### Jeremiah 44:26
[Jeremiah 44:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:26)

לָכֵן֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה כׇּל־יְהוּדָ֕ה הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הִנְנִ֨י נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי בִּשְׁמִ֤י הַגָּדוֹל֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אִם־יִהְיֶה֩ ע֨וֹד שְׁמִ֜י נִקְרָ֣א**׀** בְּפִ֣י**׀** כׇּל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֹמֵ֛ר חַי־אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֖ה בְּכׇל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all those of Yehuda who dwell in the land of Miżrayim; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Yehuda in all the land of Miżrayim, saying, the Lord God lives.


###### Jeremiah 44:27
[Jeremiah 44:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:27)

הִנְנִ֨י שֹׁקֵ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לְרָעָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א לְטוֹבָ֑ה וְתַ֩מּוּ֩ כׇל־אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֛יִם בַּחֶ֥רֶב וּבָרָעָ֖ב עַד־כְּלוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Yehuda that are in the land of Miżrayim shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.


###### Jeremiah 44:28
[Jeremiah 44:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:28)

וּפְלִיטֵ֨י חֶ֜רֶב יְשֻׁב֨וּן מִן־אֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָ֖ה מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֑ר וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כׇּל־שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֗ה הַבָּאִ֤ים לְאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם דְּבַר־מִ֥י יָק֖וּם מִמֶּ֥נִּי וּמֵהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Miżrayim into the land of Yehuda, and all the remnant of Yehuda, who are gone into the land of Miż­rayim to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.


###### Jeremiah 44:29
[Jeremiah 44:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:29)

וְזֹאת־לָכֶ֤ם הָאוֹת֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּי־פֹקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּ כִּי֩ ק֨וֹם יָק֧וּמוּ דְבָרַ֛י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְרָעָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And this shall be a sign to you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:


###### Jeremiah 44:30
[Jeremiah 44:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/44:30)

כֹּ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה הִנְנִ֣י נֹ֠תֵ֠ן אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֨ה חׇפְרַ֤ע מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבָ֔יו וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֜תִּי אֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה בְּיַ֨ד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל אֹיְב֖וֹ וּמְבַקֵּ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord; Behold, I will give Par῾o Ḥofra king of Miżrayim into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Żidqiyyahu king of Yehuda into the hand of Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel, who was his enemy, and sought his life.