Jeremiah 44:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number, and all the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to settle shall know whose words will stand, mine or theirs!

Cross References

Psalm 33:11

The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Isaiah 10:19

The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.

Isaiah 10:22

For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, an overwhelming verdict.

Jeremiah 42:17

All the people who have determined to go to Egypt to settle there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; they shall have no remnant or survivor from the disaster that I am bringing upon them.

Jeremiah 44:13

I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

Jeremiah 44:14

so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to settle in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah. Although they long to go back to live there, they shall not go back, except some fugitives.

Jeremiah 44:29

This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words of disaster against you will surely be carried out:

Jeremiah 51:50

You survivors of the sword, go; do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, and let Jerusalem come into your mind:

Ezekiel 6:8

But I will spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword among the nations and be scattered through the countries.

Zechariah 1:6

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, ‘The Lord of hosts has dealt with us according to our ways and deeds, just as he planned to do.’ ”

Numbers 14:41

But Moses said, “Why do you continue to transgress the command of the Lord? That will not succeed.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.