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26 Therefore[a] hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah, those who live in the land of Egypt: ‘Look, I hereby swear by my great name,’ says Yahweh, ‘surely my name will no longer be called in the mouth of any man of Judah, saying, “as the Lord Yahweh lives,”[b] in all the land of Egypt. 27 Look, I am going to watch over them for harm and not for good, and all people[c] of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will perish by the sword and by the famine until their perishing. 28 And the survivors of the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number.[d] And all the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to dwell as aliens there will know whose word will endure, from me or from them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:26 Literally “To thus”
  2. Jeremiah 44:26 Literally “the life of Lord Yahweh”
  3. Jeremiah 44:27 Or “men”
  4. Jeremiah 44:28 Literally “males of number”