Jeremiah 44:14
12 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,
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.”
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
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 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.”
- KJV
- So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
- WEB
- so that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, will escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there; for no one will return except those who will escape.’”
- ASV
- so that none of the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or be left, to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.
- DARBY
- and none of the remnant of Judah, that have come into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so as to return into the land of Judah, whither they have a desire to return to dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.
- BLB
- And will there be no escapee or survivor for the remnant of Judah having gone in the land of Egypt to dwell there, that they should return to the land of Judah, to which they are lifting their soul to return to dwell there; for none will return, except a few escapees.
- ÅB
- Og av dem som er blitt tilbake av Juda, av dem som er kommet for å bo der i Egypt, skal ingen slippe unna og bli igjen, så han kommer tilbake til Juda land, som de stunder etter å komme tilbake til for å bo der; for ingen skal komme tilbake igjen uten noen få undslopne.
- OTB
- Ingen av resten av Juda som har dratt for å bo i Egypt vil unnslippe eller overleve for å vende tilbake til landet Juda, som de lengter etter å vende tilbake til og bo i; ingen vil vende tilbake bortsett fra noen få flyktninger.
- B1930
- Og av dem som er blitt tilbake av Juda, av dem som er kommet for å bo der i Egyptens land, skal ingen slippe unda og bli igjen, så han kommer tilbake til Juda land, som de stunder efter å komme tilbake til for å bo der; for ingen skal komme tilbake igjen uten nogen få undslopne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 22:26–27
I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.
Read in contextRomans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:20
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Read in contextJeremiah 42:17
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.’
Read in contextJeremiah 44:27–28
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Read in contextRomans 2:3
So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
Read in contextJeremiah 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.”
Read in context