Jeremiah 42:16

God's Word

Then the wars you fear will catch up with you in Egypt. The famines you dread will follow you to Egypt, and you will die there.

Cross References

Ezekiel 11:8

You are afraid of swords, so I will bring swords to attack you, declares the Almighty Lord.

Jeremiah 44:27

I am going to watch over them. I am going to watch over them to bring disasters, not blessings. In Egypt the people from Judah will die in wars and famines until everyone is gone.

John 11:48

If we let him continue what he’s doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.”

Zechariah 1:6

Didn’t my warnings and my laws, which I’ve commanded my servants the prophets ⌞to preach⌟, finally catch up with your ancestors? Then your ancestors turned away from their sins and said, ‘The Lord of Armies has done to us what he had planned to do. He has dealt with us as our ways and deeds deserve.’ ”

Jeremiah 42:13

“But suppose you say, ‘We won’t stay in this land,’ and you disobey the Lord your God.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster hunts down sinners, but righteous people are rewarded with good.

Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses will come to you. They will pursue you and stay close to you until you’re destroyed, because you didn’t obey the Lord your God or follow his commands and laws, which I’m giving you.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will strike you with disease, fever, and inflammation; heat waves, drought, scorching winds, and ruined crops. They will pursue you until you die.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Obey the Lord your God, and faithfully follow all his commands and laws that I am giving you today. If you don’t, all these curses will come to you and stay close to you:

Jeremiah 27:8

“ ‘Suppose nations or kingdoms won’t serve or surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will punish those nations by wars, famines, and plagues, until I have put an end to them by Nebuchadnezzar’s power, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 41:18

They were afraid of the Babylonians because Ishmael had killed Gedaliah whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.