1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt — at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros:
2 “This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities; look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them
3 because of their evil ways that provoked Me to anger, going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your fathers did not know.
4 So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.
5 But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.
6 So My fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.