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

And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

'And I have seen after those dwelling in the land of Egypt, as I saw after Jerusalem, with sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

'And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee:

Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous.

A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: 'Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head -- all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive.

Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'

if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

There ye

'Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am setting my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah,

General references

With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

A sword ye have feared, And a sword I bring in against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.