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 [are] saying, "We will not stay in this land," [so as to] not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,

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

"{And then} if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God {by diligently observing} all of his commandments and his statutes that I [am] commanding you {today}, then all of these curses shall come upon you, and they shall overtake you:

Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.

[The] sword you have feared, and [the] sword I will bring against you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

I saw my Lord standing by the altar and he said, "Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them, and I will kill the rest of them with the sword. A fugitive belonging to them will not run away, and a survivor belonging to them will not escape.

However, did not my words and my regulations which I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? And they repented and said, 'Yahweh of hosts planned to do with us according to our ways, and according to our deeds so he has dealt with us.'" '"

If we allow him [to go on] in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

There ye

{Therefore} thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Look, {I am determined to bring disaster on you}, even to exterminate all Judah.

General references

{We risk our life for food} because of the sword of the desert.

[The] sword you have feared, and [the] sword I will bring against you!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.