Then allthe menwho were awarethat their wiveswere burningsacrificesto othergods,along with allthe womenwho were standingby, [as] a largeassembly,including allthe peoplewho were livingin Pathrosin the landof Egypt,respondedto Jeremiah,saying,
Beforethey laydown,the menof the city,the menof Sodom,surroundedthe house,bothyoungand old,allthe peoplefrom every quarter;
"Did not Solomonkingof Israelsinregardingthesethings?Yet among the manynationsthere was nokinglikehim, and he was lovedby his God,and Godmadehim kingoverallIsrael;neverthelessthe foreignwomencaused evenhim to sin.
Assuredly,the evilmanwill not gounpunished,But the descendantsof the righteouswill be delivered.
Wherewill you be strickenagain,[As] you continuein [your] rebellion?The wholeheadis sickAnd the wholeheartis faint.
Therefore I declared[them] to you longago,Beforethey tookplaceI proclaimed[them] to you, So that you would not say,My idolhas donethem, And my gravenimageand my moltenimagehave commandedthem.'
The wordthat cameto Jeremiahfor allthe Jewslivingin the landof Egypt,those who were livingin Migdol,Tahpanhes,Memphis,and the landof Pathros,saying,
"And," [said the women], "whenwe were burningsacrificesto the queenof heavenand were pouringout drinkofferingsto her, was it withoutour husbandsthat we madefor her [sacrificial] cakesin her imageand pouredout drinkofferingsto her?"
Then Jeremiahsaidto allthe people,including allthe women,"Hearthe wordof the LORD,allJudahwhoare in the landof Egypt,
"I will turnthe fortunesof Egyptand makethem returnto the landof Pathros,to the landof their origin,and therethey will be a lowlykingdom.
"I will makePathrosdesolate,Seta firein ZoanAnd executejudgmentson Thebes.
"Enterthroughthe narrowgate; for the gateis wideand the wayis broadthat leadsto destruction,and thereare manywho enterthroughit.
of the godsof the peopleswhoare aroundyou, nearyou orfarfrom you, from one endof the earthto the other end),
