Rotherham(i)
20 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the people,––against the men, and against the women, and against all the people who had been making any answer unto him, saying:
21 Was it not, the very incense which ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, was it not, those very things, that Yahweh did remember, and that came up on his heart;
22 so that Yahweh could, no longer forbear, because of the wickedness of your doings, because of the abominations which ye committed,––and your land became, a desolation, and an astonishment, and a contempt, without inhabitant––as at this day?
23 Because that ye burned incense, and that ye sinned against Yahweh, and hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh, and, in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies, did not walk, for this cause, did this calamity befall, you––as at this day.
24 And Jeremiah said, unto all the people, and unto all the women,––Hear ye the word of Yahweh, all Judah, who are in the land of Egypt,––
25 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives, have both spoken with your mouth and, with your hands, have ye fulfilled, saying, We will, certainly perform, our vows which we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her, drink–offerings: the women, will certainly confirm, your vows, and, certainly perform, your vows.
26 Therefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, all Judah, who are dwelling in the land of Egypt,––Behold me! I have sworn by my great Name, Saith Yahweh, That my Name, shall no more, be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah, saying––By the life of My Lord, Yahweh, in all the land of Egypt.
27 Behold me! watching over them, for calamity, and not for blessing,––so shall all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt, be consumed, by sword and by famine, until there be an end of them.
28 Yet, the fugitives of the sword, shall certainly return, out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, men easily counted,––that all the remnant of Judah who are entering Egypt to sojourn there, may know, whose word, shall stand, mine or theirs!