Jeremiah 44:1

Good News Translation

The Lord spoke to me concerning all the Israelites living in Egypt, in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the southern part of the country.

Cross References

Genesis 10:14

Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.

Exodus 14:2

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon.

Isaiah 11:11

When that day comes, the Lord will once again use his power and bring back home those of his people who are left in Assyria and Egypt, in the lands of Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, and Hamath, and in the coastlands and on the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 19:13

The leaders of Zoan and Memphis are fools. They were supposed to lead the nation, but they have misled it.

Jeremiah 2:16

Yes, the people of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked his skull.

Jeremiah 24:8

“As for King Zedekiah of Judah, the politicians around him, and the rest of the people of Jerusalem who have stayed in this land or moved to Egypt—I, the Lord, will treat them all like these figs that are too bad to be eaten.

Jeremiah 43:13

He will destroy the sacred stone monuments at Heliopolis in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.”

Jeremiah 44:15

Then all the men who knew that their wives offered sacrifices to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, including the Israelites who lived in southern Egypt—a large crowd in all—said to me,

Jeremiah 46:14

“Proclaim it in the towns of Egypt, in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes: ‘Get ready to defend yourselves; all you have will be destroyed in war!

Jeremiah 46:19

Get ready to be taken prisoner, you people of Egypt! Memphis will be made a desert, a ruin where no one lives.

Ezekiel 29:10

I am your enemy and the enemy of your Nile. I will make all of Egypt an empty wasteland, from the city of Migdol in the north to the city of Aswan in the south, all the way to the Ethiopian border.

Ezekiel 29:14

and I will let them live in southern Egypt, their original home. There they will be a weak kingdom,

Ezekiel 30:13

The Sovereign Lord says, “I will destroy the idols and the false gods in Memphis. There will be no one to rule Egypt, and I will terrify all the people.

Ezekiel 30:14

I will make southern Egypt desolate and set fire to the city of Zoan in the north. I will punish the capital city of Thebes.

Ezekiel 30:16

I will set fire to Egypt, and Pelusium will be in agony. The walls of Thebes will be broken down, and the city will be flooded.

Ezekiel 30:18

Darkness will fall on Tahpanhes when I break the power of Egypt and put an end to the strength they were so proud of. A cloud will cover Egypt, and the people of all her cities will be taken prisoner.

Hosea 9:6

When the disaster comes and the people are scattered, the Egyptians will gather them up—gather them for burial there at Memphis! Their treasures of silver and the places where their homes once stood will be overgrown with weeds and thorn bushes.