Jeremiah 44:15

Conservative English Version

A large number of Jews from both northern and southern Egypt listened to me as I told them what the LORD had said. Most of the men in the crowd knew that their wives often burned incense to other gods. So they and their wives shouted:

Cross References

Genesis 19:4

Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house

Nehemiah 13:26

God dearly loved King Solomon of Israel and made him the greatest king on earth, but Solomon's foreign wives led him into sin.

Proverbs 11:21

You can be sure of this: All crooks will be punished, but God's people won't.

Isaiah 1:5

Why be punished more? Why not give up your sin? Your head is badly bruised, and you are weak all over.

Isaiah 48:5

And I told you these things, so that when they happened you would not say, "The idols we worship did this."

Jeremiah 44:1

The LORD told me to speak with the Jews who were living in the towns of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis in northern Egypt, and also to those living in southern Egypt. He told me to tell them:

Jeremiah 44:19

Then the women said, "When we lived in Judah, we worshiped the Queen of Heaven and offered sacrifices of wine and special loaves of bread shaped like her. Our husbands knew what we were doing, and they approved of it."

Jeremiah 44:24

Then I told the men and their wives, that the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, had said: Here in Egypt you still keep your promises to burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to the so-called Queen of Heaven.

Ezekiel 29:14

They will once again live in their homeland in southern Egypt. But they will be a weak kingdom

Ezekiel 30:14

The city of Pathros will be left in ruins, and Zoan will be burned to the ground. Thebes, your capital city, will also be destroyed!

Matthew 7:13

Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.

Deuteronomy 13:7

(SEE 13:6)