Jeremiah 42:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ Or you might say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt. There we will not see war, or hear the trumpets of ·war [battle], or ·be hungry [famine].’ ¹⁵ If you say that, listen to the message of the Lord, ·you who are left alive from [remnant of] Judah. This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], the God of Israel, says: ‘If you ·make up your mind [are determined] to go and live in Egypt, these things will happen: ¹⁶ ·You are afraid of war, but it will find you [^LThe sword you fear will overtake you there,] in the land of Egypt. And ·you are worried about hunger, but it will follow you into [^Lthe famine you dread will cling after you there in] Egypt, and you will die there.