Jeremiah 44:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Only a few will escape and return to Judah. Then everyone who went to live in Egypt will know that when I say something will happen, it will—no matter what you say.

Cross References

Psalm 33:11

But what the LORD has planned will stand for ever. His thoughts never change.

Isaiah 10:19

There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.

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 44:29

And here is how you will know that I will keep my threats to punish you in Egypt.

Jeremiah 51:50

My people, you escaped death when Jerusalem fell. Now you live far from home, but you should trust me and think about Jerusalem. Leave Babylon! Don't stay!

Ezekiel 6:8

I will let some of the people live through this punishment, but I will scatter them among the nations,

Zechariah 1:6

But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “LORD All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”

Numbers 14:41

But Moses replied, “You're disobeying the LORD! Your plan won't work,

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last for ever, but my words will.