Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

Bible References

A small

Jeremiah 44:14
None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.'"
Isaiah 10:19
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
Isaiah 27:12
At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

Shall know

Jeremiah 44:16
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
Numbers 14:28
Say to them, 'As I live, says the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing.
Psalm 33:11
The Lord's decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
Isaiah 14:24
The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: "Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
Isaiah 46:10
who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,'
Lamentations 3:37
(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
Zechariah 1:6
But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'"
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

General references

Leviticus 26:38
You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
Jeremiah 36:28
"Get another scroll and write on it everything that was written on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.
Jeremiah 44:13
I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 6:8
"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

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