22 therefore, this is what the Lord of armies says: “Behold, I am going to (A)punish them! The (B)young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine;

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22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

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27 Behold, I am watching over them (A)for harm and not for good, and (B)all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will [a]meet their end by the sword or by famine until they [b]are completely gone. 28 (C)Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah [c](D)few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know (E)whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:27 Lit be finished
  2. Jeremiah 44:27 Lit come to an end
  3. Jeremiah 44:28 Lit men of number

27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

28 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 their's.

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