Jeremiah 42:17
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So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
In other translations
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
Hebrew words
וְיִהְיוּveyihyuand they may beH1961כָל־khol-allH3605הָאֲנָשִׁיםha'anashimthe peopleH582אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whoH834שָׂמוּsamuthey have setH7760אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853פְּנֵיהֶםpeneihemfaces theirH6440לָבוֹאlavo'to goH935מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714לָגוּרlagurto sojournH1481שָׁםshamthereH8033יָמוּתוּyamututhey will dieH4191בַּחֶרֶבbacherevby the swordH2719בָּרָעָבbara'avby <the> famineH7458וּבַדָּבֶרuvadaverand by <the> pestilenceH1698וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יִהְיֶהyihyehhe will belongH1961לָהֶםlahemto <the> themשָׂרִידsarida survivorH8300וּפָלִיטufalitand an escapeeH6412מִפְּנֵיmipeneifrom beforeH6440הָרָעָהhara'ahthe calamityH7451אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834אֲנִי'aniIH589מֵבִיאmevi'[will] bringH935עֲלֵיהֶם׃ ס'aleihemon themH5921
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 42:22Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
- Jeremiah 44:28Yet 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.Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
- Jeremiah 44:13-1413 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: 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.13 I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague, 14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
- Jeremiah 24:10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
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People and places
Places: Egypt