1 The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Judahites who were living in Egypt, those living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in Upper Egypt:
2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You yourselves have seen all the evil I brought upon Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah. Today they lie in ruins uninhabited,
3 because of the evil they did to provoke me, going after other gods, offering incense and serving other gods they did not know, neither they, nor you, nor your ancestors.
4 Though I repeatedly sent you all my servants the prophets, saying: “You must not commit this abominable deed I hate,”
5 they did not listen or incline their ears in order to turn from their evil, no longer offering incense to other gods.