Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Jeremiah 44:13-16 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

13. I punished Jerusalem with war, hunger, and disease, and that's how I will punish you.

14. None of you will survive. You may hope to return to Judah some day, but only a very few of you will escape death and be able to go back.

15. 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 burnt incense to other gods. So they and their wives shouted:

16. Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord's name? We refuse to listen!