Jeremiah 42:16

New International Reader's Version

Then the war you fear will catch up with you there. The hunger you are afraid of will follow you into Egypt. And you will die there.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:21

Hard times chase those who are sinful. But those who do right are rewarded with good things.

Jeremiah 27:8

“ ‘ “But suppose any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. And suppose it refuses to put its neck under his yoke. Then I will punish that nation with war, hunger and plague,” announces the Lord. “I will punish it until his powerful hand destroys it.

Jeremiah 41:18

They wanted to get away from the Babylonians. They were afraid of them. That’s because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. The king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor over Judah.

Jeremiah 42:13

“But suppose you say, ‘We won’t stay in this land.’ If you do, you will be disobeying the Lord your God.

Jeremiah 44:27

I am watching over them to do them harm and not good. The Jews in Egypt will die of war and hunger until all of them are destroyed.

Ezekiel 11:8

You are afraid of the swords of war. But I will bring them against you,’ announces the Lord and King.

Zechariah 1:6

I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them. “Then they had a change of heart. They said, ‘The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”

John 11:48

If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation.”

Deuteronomy 28:15

But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.

Deuteronomy 28:45

The Lord your God will send all these curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They’ll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord’s curse until you are destroyed. That’s because you didn’t obey him. You didn’t keep the commands and rules he gave you.