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Summary

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

General references

Bible References

Will watch

Jeremiah 1:10
Know for certain that I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted."
Jeremiah 21:10
For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.'"
Jeremiah 31:28
In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!"
Ezekiel 7:6
An end comes -- the end comes! It has awakened against you -- the end is upon you! Look, it is coming!

Shall be

Jeremiah 44:12
I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle or perish from starvation. People of every class will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse.
2 Kings 21:14
I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies,

General references

Leviticus 26:38
You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
Jeremiah 44:13
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem.

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