Jeremiah 42:16

New American Bible - revised edition

the sword you fear shall overtake you in the land of Egypt; the hunger you dread shall pursue you to Egypt and there you shall die.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but the just shall be recompensed with good.

Jeremiah 27:8

Meanwhile, the nation or the kingdom that will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, or bend its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and pestilence—oracle of the Lord—until I finish them by his hand.

Jeremiah 41:18

They were afraid of the Chaldeans, because Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, had slain Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had set over the land.

Jeremiah 42:13

But if you keep saying, “We will not stay in this land,” thus disobeying the voice of the Lord, your God,

Jeremiah 44:27

I am watching over them for evil, not for good. All the Judahites in Egypt shall come to an end by sword or famine until they are completely destroyed.

Ezekiel 11:8

You fear the sword—that sword I will bring upon you—oracle of the Lord God.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, with which I charged my servants the prophets, did these not overtake your ancestors? Then they repented and admitted: “Just as the Lord of hosts intended to treat us according to our ways and deeds, so the Lord has done.” First Vision: Horses Patrolling the Earth.

John 11:48

If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”

Deuteronomy 28:15

But if you do not obey the voice of the Lord, your God, carefully observing all his commandments and statutes which I give you today, all these curses shall come upon you and overwhelm you:

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will strike you with consumption, fever, and inflammation, with fiery heat and drought, with blight and mildew, that will pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:45

All these curses will come upon you, pursuing you and overwhelming you, until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord, your God, by keeping his commandments and statutes which he gave you.