I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’
Jeremiah 42:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All who resolve to go to Egypt to stay there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or fugitive from the disaster I will bring on them.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there temporarily; they will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; none of them will remain or survive the evil that I will bring upon them. American Standard Version (1901) So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. Common English Bible Every one of you who is determined to go and live in Egypt will die by the sword, famine, and disease. No one will escape the disaster that I will bring upon them there. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the men, who have set their faces so that they may advance to Egypt in order to live there, will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. None of them will remain, nor will they escape from the face of the evil that I will bring over them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to dwell there shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence: none of them shall remain nor escape from the face of the evil that I will bring upon them. |
I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.’
‘This is what the Lord says: “Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live. He will retain his life like the spoils of war and will live.”
then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt and stay there for a while,
Now therefore, know for certain that by the sword, famine, and plague you will die in the place where you desired to go to stay for a while.’
Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to stay there for a while, will know whose word stands, mine or theirs!
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.