23 Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the Lord’s voice, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened to you, as it is today.”
24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the Lord’s word, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt!
25 the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says, ‘You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, “We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her.”“‘Establish then your vows, and perform your vows.’
26 “Therefore hear the Lord’s word, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: ‘Behold, I have sworn by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that my name will no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord GOD lives.”
27 Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are all gone.
28 Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah few in number. All the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.
29 “‘This will be the sign to you,’ says the Lord, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’