Jeremiah 44:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Instead of watching over you, I will watch for chances to harm you. Some of you will die in war, and others will starve to death.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:14

I will even get rid of my people who survive. They will be defeated and robbed by their enemies.

Jeremiah 1:10

and I am sending you with authority to speak to the nations for me. You will tell them of doom and destruction, and of rising and rebuilding again.”

Jeremiah 21:10

I have decided not to rescue Jerusalem. Instead, I am going to let the king of Babylonia burn it to the ground. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 31:28

In the past, I took care to uproot them, to tear them down, and to destroy them. But when that day comes, I will take care to plant them and help them grow.

Jeremiah 39:16

to Ebedmelech from Ethiopia: I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. I warned everyone that I would bring disaster, not prosperity, to this city. Now very soon I will do what I said, and you will see it happen.

Jeremiah 42:16

You are afraid of war, starvation, and disease here in Judah, but they will follow you to Egypt and kill you there. None of you will survive the disasters I will send.

Jeremiah 44:12

There were only a few of you left in Judah, and you decided to go to Egypt. But you will die such horrible deaths in war or from starvation, that people of other countries will use the name of Judah as a curse word.

Jeremiah 44:13

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

Jeremiah 44:14

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.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since the time we stopped burning incense and offering wine sacrifices to her, we have been dying from war and hunger.

Jeremiah 9:15

So I, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, promise them poison to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 9:16

I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.

Ezekiel 5:12

A third of you will die here in Jerusalem from disease or starvation. Another third will be killed in war. And I will scatter the last third of you in every direction, then track you down and kill you.

Ezekiel 7:6

And when it comes, your life will be over.

Daniel 9:14

And when you finally punished us with this horrible disaster, that was also the right thing to do, because we deserved it so much.

Amos 9:8

My eyes have seen what a sinful nation you are, and I'll wipe you out. But I will leave a few of Jacob's descendants. I, the LORD, have spoken!