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Jeremiah 44:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 44:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 they would not listen or pay any heed to my warning to refrain from their wicked deeds and cease to offer sacrifices to other gods. 6 Therefore, my fury and my wrath poured forth, burning to ashes the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and reducing them to the desolate wasteland they are today.
7 And now this is what the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, has to say: Why are you inflicting such a total disaster upon yourselves? Why are you uprooting men and women, children and babies, from Judah, thus leaving yourselves without a remnant?
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