²² therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men^(A) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.

²⁷ For I am watching^(A) over them for harm,^(B) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish^(C) by sword and famine^(D) until they are all destroyed.^{(E) 28} Those who escape the sword^(F) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.^(G) Then the whole remnant^(H) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand^(I)—mine or theirs.^(J)