Jeremiah 42:17

New Century Version

Everyone who goes to live in Egypt will die in war or from hunger or terrible disease. No one who goes to Egypt will live; no one will escape the terrible things I will bring to them.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:10

I will send war, hunger, and disease against them. I will attack them until they have all been killed. Then they will no longer be in the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’ ”

Jeremiah 38:2

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, or hunger, or terrible diseases. But everyone who surrenders to the Babylonian army will live; they will escape with their lives and live.’

Jeremiah 42:15

If you say that, listen to the message of the Lord, you who are left alive from Judah. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you make up your mind to go and live in Egypt, these things will happen:

Jeremiah 42:22

So now be sure you understand this: You want to go to live in Egypt, but you will die there by war, hunger, or terrible diseases.”

Jeremiah 44:28

A few will escape being killed by the sword and will come back to Judah from Egypt. Then, of the people of Judah who came to live in Egypt, those who are left alive will know if my word or their word came true.

Ezekiel 11:8

You have feared the sword, but I will bring a sword against you, says the Lord God.