Jeremiah 42:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ then it shall be that the sword which you feared overtakes you there in the land of Mitsrayim, and the scarcity of food of which you were afraid clings to you there in Mitsrayim, and you die there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt, and there ye shall die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt and in it, and there you shall die.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, whereof ye are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ then the war you fear will seize you in the land of Egypt; and the famine you dread will hunt you down in Egypt, and there you will die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ the sword which you dread will overtake you there, in the land of Egypt, and the famine, about which you are anxious, will cling to you in Egypt, and there you shall die.

Jeremiah 42:16 Cross References

Proverbs 13:21

Evil pursues sinners, But good is repaid to the righteous.

Jeremiah 27:8

‘And it shall be, the nation and reign that do not serve Neḇ

Jeremiah 41:18

because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Yishmaʽ

Jeremiah 42:13

“But if you say, ‘We are not staying in this land,’ and so disobey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim,

Jeremiah 44:27

‘See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good. And all the men of Yehuḏ

Ezekiel 11:8

“You have feared the sword, and I bring a sword upon you,” declares the Master יהוה.

Zechariah 1:6

“But My words and My laws, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers?” “Then they turned back and said, ‘As יהוה  of hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has done with us.’ ” ’ ”

John 11:48

“If we let Him alone like this, they all shall believe in Him, and the Romans shall come and take away from us both our place and nation.”

Deuteronomy 28:15

“And it shall be, if you do not obey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim, to guard to do all His commands and His laws which I command you today, that all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:

Deuteronomy 28:22

“יהוה  smites you with wasting disease, and with inflammation, and with burning, and with extreme heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew. And they shall pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:45

“And all these curses shall come upon you, and they shall pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of יהוה  your Elohim, to guard His commands and His laws which He commanded you.