Jeremiah 42:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

That the sword

There ye

Jeremiah 44:11

General references

Lamentations 5:9

Ezekiel 11:8

Bible References

That the sword

But if you disobey the LORD your God by saying, "We won't stay in this land,"

I'll punish those who live in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem with the sword, with famine, and with plague.

"But if you don't obey the LORD your God and faithfully carry out all his commands and statutes that I'm giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overwhelm you:

Disaster pursues the sinful, but good will reward the righteous.

You've feared the sword, but I'm bringing violent death in your direction," declares the Lord GOD.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar as he was saying, "Strike the doorposts so that the thresholds tremble, bringing them down on the heads of all of them. Those who survive I will kill with the sword. Those who flee will not escape. There will be no deliverance for the fugitives.

But my words and my statutes that I gave as commands to my servants the prophets did they not overwhelm your ancestors? And they returned to me: "The LORD of the Heavenly Armies acted toward us just as he planned to do in keeping with our lifestyles and in keeping with our actions.'"

If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

There ye

"Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Look, I've determined to bring disaster on you and to cut off all Judah.

General references

We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert.

You've feared the sword, but I'm bringing violent death in your direction," declares the Lord GOD.