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26 But[a] listen to this message from the Lord, all you people of[b] Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. ‘Look, I’ve sworn by my great name’, says the Lord, ‘my name will no longer be invoked by the mouth of any person in the entire land of Egypt, as he says, “As surely as the Lord God[c] lives…”[d]

27 “‘Look, I’m watching over them to bring disaster rather than good. Every person of Judah in the land of Egypt will be brought to an end by the sword and by famine until they’re completely gone. 28 The ones who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have come into the land of Egypt to settle will know whose message will stand, mine or theirs.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:26 Or Therefore
  2. Jeremiah 44:26 The Heb. lacks you people of
  3. Jeremiah 44:26 MT word usually translated Lord
  4. Jeremiah 44:26 I.e. using the Lord’s name to confirm an oath