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26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, (A)all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: (B)Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, (C)that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, (D)saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’ 27 (E)Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. (F)All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them. 28 (G)And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, (H)few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, (I)shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

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26 But hear the word of the Lord, all you Jews living in Egypt:(A) ‘I swear(B) by my great name,’ says the Lord, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign(C) Lord lives.”(D) 27 For I am watching(E) over them for harm,(F) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish(G) by sword and famine(H) until they are all destroyed.(I) 28 Those who escape the sword(J) and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few.(K) Then the whole remnant(L) of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand(M)—mine or theirs.(N)

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