Jeremiah 44:15 - Easy To Read Version15 Many of the women of Judah that lived in Egypt were making sacrifices to other gods. Their husbands knew it, but didn’t stop them. There was a large group of people of Judah meeting together. They were the people of Judah that were living in southern Egypt. The husbands of those women that were making sacrifices to other gods said to Jeremiah, Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176915 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by–a great assembly–even all the people who dwelt in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)15 Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible15 Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, along with the great crowd of women who were present, as well as the people living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, all answered Jeremiah: Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version15 Then all the men, knowing that their wives were sacrificing to strange gods, and all of the women, a great multitude of whom were standing there, and all of the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros, responded to Jeremiah, by saying: Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version15 Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods, and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying: Féach an chaibidil |
So, a long time ago I told you\par what would happen.\par I told you about those things\par a long time before they happened.\par I did this so that you could not say,\par ‘The gods we made did.’\par I did this so that you could not say,\par ‘Our idols, our statues,\par made these things happen.’”\par
Then the women spoke up. {\cf2\super [358]} They said to Jeremiah, “Our husbands knew what we were doing. We had their permission to make sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven. We had their permission to pour out drink offerings to her. Our husbands also knew that we were making cakes that looked like her.”