Jeremiah 44:28

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 33:11

But the Lord’s plans will stand forever; his ideas will last from now on.

Isaiah 10:19

The trees left standing will be so few that even a child could count them.

Isaiah 10:22

Israel, your people are many, like the grains of sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be left alive to return to the Lord. God has announced that he will destroy the land completely and fairly.

Jeremiah 42:17

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.’

Jeremiah 44:13

I will punish those people who have gone to live in Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, using swords, hunger, and terrible diseases.

Jeremiah 44:14

Of the people of Judah who were left alive and have gone to live in Egypt, none will escape my punishment. They want to return to Judah and live there, but none of them will live to return to Judah, except a few people who will escape.”

Jeremiah 44:29

I will give you a sign that I will punish you here in Egypt,’ says the Lord. ‘When you see it happen, you will know that my promises to hurt you will really happen.’

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped being killed with swords, leave Babylon! Don’t wait! Remember the Lord in the faraway land and think about Jerusalem.”

Ezekiel 6:8

“ ‘But I will leave some people alive; some will not be killed by the nations when you are scattered among the foreign lands.

Zechariah 1:6

I commanded my words and laws to my servants the prophets, and they preached to your ancestors, who returned to me. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did as he said he would. He punished us for the way we lived and for what we did.’ ”

Numbers 14:41

But Moses said, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? You will not win!

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.