Jeremiah 44:12

¹⁰ To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.

¹¹ Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.

¹³ I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,

¹⁴ so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”

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: And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
KJV: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
WEB: I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they will all be consumed. They will fall in the land of Egypt. They will be consumed by the sword and by the famine. They will die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine. They will be an object of horror, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach.
ASV: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
DARBY: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to enter into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed: in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword [and] by the famine, from the least even unto the greatest; they shall die by the sword and by the famine, and they shall be an execration, an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
BLB: And I will take the remnant of Judah, those who have set their faces to go [into] the land of Egypt to dwell there, and they will all finished off in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword, by the famine. They will be finished off from the small even to the great. By the sword and by the famine they will die, and they will be as an object of cursing, as a horror, and as a curse, and as a taunt!

ÅB: Og jeg vil ta dem som er blitt igjen av Juda, dem som satte seg fore å dra til Egypt for å bo der, og de skal alle omkomme, i Egypt skal de falle; ved sverd og ved hunger skal de omkomme; både små og store skal dø ved sverd og ved hunger, og de skal bli til en ed, til en forferdelse og en forbannelse og til spott.
OTB: Jeg vil ta bort resten av Juda som har satt sine sinn på å dra inn i Egypt for å bo der, og de vil alle møte sin ende i Egypt; de vil falle for sverdet eller omkomme av sult. Fra den minste til den største, de vil dø ved sverdet og sult, og bli en forbannelse, et skrekkens objekt, en forbannelse og en vanære.
B1930: Og jeg vil ta dem som er blitt igjen av Juda, dem som satte sig fore å dra til Egyptens land for å bo der, og de skal alle omkomme, i Egyptens land skal de falle; ved sverd og ved hunger skal de omkomme; både små og store skal dø ved sverd og ved hunger, og de skal bli til en ed, til en forferdelse og en forbannelse og til spott.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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Jeremiah 42:15–18
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,
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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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Isaiah 65:15
You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
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Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
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Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
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Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
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Jeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
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Isaiah 1:28
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
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