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 say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:

But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord GOD.

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and break them on the heads of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered.

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our deeds, so has he dealt with us.

If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

There ye

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for a catastrophe, and to cut off all Judah.

General references

We got our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord GOD.