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Jeremiah 42:17

Egypt
Judgment

15 then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

16 then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

18 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’

19 The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
KJV
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
WEB
So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there. They will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. None of them will remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.’
ASV
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
DARBY
And it shall be that all the men that have set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
BLB
And will it come to pass with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there, [that] they will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, and will there be of them no survivor or escapee from the disaster that I am bringing upon them!’
ÅB
Og alle de menn som har satt seg fore å dra til Egypt for å bo der, de skal dø ved sverd, hunger og pest, og ingen av dem skal bli igjen og slippe fra den ulykke som jeg lar komme over dem.
OTB
Ja, alle som er besluttet på å dra til Egypt for å bo der, vil dø ved sverdet, hungersnøden og pesten; ingen vil overleve eller unnslippe den ulykken jeg vil bringe over dem.’
B1930
Og alle de menn som har satt sig fore å dra til Egypten for å bo der, de skal dø ved sverd, hunger og pest, og ingen av dem skal bli igjen og slippe fra den ulykke som jeg lar komme over dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 42:22

    Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

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  • Jeremiah 44:13–14

    I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,

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  • Jeremiah 44:28

    Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

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  • Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”

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